Fun on the Fourth :)

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."

~Erma Bombeck

I love this quote and how true it is. Although my family did not throw frisbees (which is great for me cause the whole concept of catching and throwing frisbees goes way over my head and directly to my lack of hand-eye coordination), but we did have a bunch of potato salad and much happiness. A few families from the ward were also there because they know that fun is with us Wallace's : )

Here's some of the fun activities that we did...

WE HAD WATER BALLOON LAUNCHING!

Matthew, Sam, and Tucker were our water balloon launchers.

Bro. Tucker, my dad, Megan, and Lydia getting ready for the launched. (As you can see my Dad was really into catching the balloons.)

Lydia posing, and Ilah trying to squeeze some water out of her hair.



I figured that if I stood in one place with my arms out, then a water balloon would magically end up in my arms.... my plan didn't work out to well, instead my dad would randomly come up behind me and try to push me into the flying water balloons, but I never got hit by one :)
Also notice Bro. Tucker behind me admiring my phenomenal technique lol



WE HAD SLIP AND SLIDING!!!

Notice the technique.

Ilah having fun on the slip and slide.

Henry making a big splash, like always :)


That expression says it all lol


Henry trying to stop Ilah from sliding in first.

WE HAD ICE CREAM DROPPING!!!!

What you do is have everyone get a partner. Have one partner get on the ground with an ice cream cone in their mouth and try to catch the ice cream their partner scoops and drops over them. It was very entertaining to watch :)

Ilah not wanting to see what happens next...

Sam catching the ice cream! He was the champion ice cream catcher of the night.

Henry getting ready for the drop!


Michael going for a second scoop or catching the first one... either way :)

David enjoying some fudge swirl ice cream!


AND WE HAD FIREWORKS!
Sorry, we don't have pictures of this, but they were awesome! We started off the night with Henry and his friend Michael melting an army man in half with a sparkler bomb they created. Sadly, we didn't question this act... Next we went to the park and lit some more fireworks and watched other's fireworks around us until the show began. (It actually started raining at this time, but cleared up in a few minutes, so the show still occured.) The rest of the night consisted of us talking about which fireworks we liked best, me and Matthew admiring how big some of the fireworks were, lighting the rest of our fireworks, Tucker and Matthew having a sparkler war(they tried throwing the sparks from the sparklers at eachother... again we did not question this act), and eating more delicious food.

It was an awesome fourth of July!

While me, my parents, and Tucker were on the trek, Adrienne and Grandma Crosby came to Joplin and stayed with Ilah and Henry. Thankyou so much!!!! Here are some pics of their stay...

These are out of order. F.Y.I.

Adrienne, Mom, Ilah, and Henry's right cheek :)

Us waiting in line at the airport.

Adrienne eating the ginormous chef salad!

Adrienne, me, and Ilah enjoying the fried okra (idk how to spell that). This was when we ate at Lambert's.

Playing card games on the way to the airport.

The boys eating Mc Donalds.

Henry acting like a cardboard cut out.

Grandma about to leave.

Grandma and Mom.

Grandma and the grand kids.

We played dice while we were waiting.

Me comforting Ilah. She was very upset when Aunt A and Grandma had to leave.

Grandma and Ilah. Pretty in pink :)

Sitting on my favorite couch.

We love you guys! Thanks so much for coming out and we can't wait to see you at the family reunion :)

Okay, I started this a long time ago, so just go along with it.

This week mom, dad, Tucker, and I were priveledged to go on the trek. Don't get me wrong, it was a great experience and I am glad I went, but sweating and pushing handcarts for three days straight was no picnic. Here's some pics of us in our pioneer get up :)

Me and Brittany holding our pillows (we were two of the very few who brought them). These first few pictures are of us arriving at the starting point.



My dad, Brittany, me, and Brother Tucker. This is our polygamist picture. (I am just kidding for all of you non mormons out there)

Tucker getting ready to find out who is in his family.

My aunt Tara enjoying the fact we haven't started walking yet :)



We met some bandits along the way.


Camille talking to a fellow pioneer.

My dad getting ready to go up humility hill.

Some boys going up humility hill. We call it humility hill, but it was more like humility mini mountain. It was huge!!!!! and really hard to get up thanks to all the rocks and ditches on the trail. It was the first amount of walking we did on the trek, and let's just say the rumor that "this was going to be easy" was put to rest.

My parents other kids taking a breather.

Me with my sisters and ma. Just notice how I am taller than all of them :)

Haha, I was obviously ready for my close up there :)

After the disastrous first attempt, Daniel decided me and Brittany were exiled from the picture.

Tucker being a stud while hanging out with his friends Melia and Matthew.

My dad with some of his trek daughters. (They aren't as cool as me though)

Me trying to hitch a free ride... it worked for about 12 secs. Thanks a lot, Dad! :)

Transporting fire...

My parent's family.


Hannah Sylvester was our hair stylist.

After walking for two days straight, it was awesome to go swim in the lake!

Tucker and Matthew swimming.

Me and Tucker enjoying the lake.

My dad and other fellow trekers.

Me and some friends playing card games.

Tucker resting from the long day.

Brother Tucker smiling. (He was a lucky person who rode a horse the whole time.)

Me and Leanna getting ready for the dance.

My Dad and Bryce looking good with their suspenders. (Its all the rage in pioneer wear.)

I had a lot of fun on the trek, despite the constant sweating. It was very spiritual, and I will hopefully get my dad to write something about the coolest part of the trek. Once he does I will post it. Till then enjoy the pics :)