Spanish Fork's city days are called Fiesta Days. We moved in last year a couple days after it ended so I was excited to participate this year.
The festivities kicked off with a firework show. There was a concert before hand and it was supposed to start after the concert about 9:15pm. I didn't think the boys would sit through a 2 hour concert and it was really late for the baby so I decided to leave the baby with Steve (pros and cons of having a husband that would much rather stay home then go out and do things) and I took the boys at 9pm. Well the fireworks didn't end up starting until after 10pm. I brought a bottle of water but that was it. figured we'd get there see the fireworks and go, not sit there for an hour while the people next to us were eating Pizza. Rod was tired and hungry and was NOT a happy camper. He kept looking over at the people eating pizza and would start crying and say, "I'm just so jealous and hungry!" Not even picture taking would cheer him up. But luckily for me Spencer is an amazing older brother. He saw Rod needed cheered up so he asked Rod if he wanted a ride on his back. Rod perked up and hopped on. It did the trick. They played and ran around until the show finally started. About 3 minutes into the firework show Rod got very quiet and still. I looked over and he had fallen fast asleep. I think we'll wait until he's a bit older before taking him to another firework show.
We also splurged and took the boys to the carnival on buddy night. Buy one un-limited ride wrist band, get one free. It was very hot for the first half-hour but the sun started going down and once it started cooling down we all had a blast.
This is a fun house they had that the boys loved! They probably went through it at least 30 times. At one point I just sat on a bench and watched them go through it over and over and over.
Most of the rides were kiddy rides but Spencer was tall enough and really wanted to go on a big kid ride. I finally let him go on one that wasn't too scary. But he couldn't ride it alone and I didn't have a wrist band so the guy in charge put him with 2 other girls. None of them were too thrilled by the arrangement (I personally couldn't stop laughing at their facial expressions). But Spencer still loved going on it.
Rod's dream come true. Still loves motorcycles and wants to be a "motorcycle and helicopter police guy" when he grows up.
My favorite was the parade and even Steve joined me for this one. I went a couple hours early, while Steve got the boys ready and brought them later, so we could get a good spot. It's always awkward for me when I camp out in front of some strangers house.
Haha I also realized I wear my Red SUU shirt a lot. It's my go-to what can I say?
