Happy 24th of July!

For the 24th of July (Pioneer Day in Utah) we went up to Heber. We had an awesome time. Truston worked a little and Talmage and I hung out with Faith and Ran (Cousins) and Truston's mom. Talmage is starting to recognize dogs and cats and various other animals. He was totally entertained by Allie (their dog shown below)

and Jack the cat. It was a little hot for Jack, who hid out under my car. When Talmage pets them he does it just with his pointer finger, not his whole hand. He actually touches everything with just his pointer finger. Right now he's totally entertained by the wheel, which he wheels around slowly with just his pointer finger.
We played outside for a while and the cousins had a great time.

Grandma knew the trick to pleasing and pulled out some mini-popsicles. The kids loved them! and they were the perfect size for little mouths. Talmage started....

and finished in record time. In fact, he ate a couple. By the time he was done his mouth and hands and chest were all dyed red. After Talmage was asleep that night, I went to the firework show. Two of the largest fireworks didn't go high enough into the air so they exploded close the ground. It started some fires and after that Truston was running around with his fire extinguisher fighting the fires. I think I enjoyed the fires as much as the fireworks.