4th of July

Taylor's mom's side of the family held their family reunion in Salt Lake over the 4th of July weekend. Taylor's cousins range in age from 7 to 21. Ethan was in heaven having other little kids staying with us that he could play with. We spent the weekend swimming, watching fireworks, eating lots of amazing food, paintballing (not Ethan or Isaac or me cause I'm a wimp), and visiting the Natural History Museum at Thanksgiving Point. Let me tell you, they could teach the Smithsonian a few things about what a kid friendly museum really is.
First of all there were plenty of displays for the older generation to read and tons of computers for the kids to learn on. It was interesting to see how each age group was attracted to one or the other. (Ethan with Sofia and Isabella)
They had this amazing "erosion table" with running water, sand, and plastic trees and dinosaurs that the kids could dig around in and make rivers and dams. The kids loved it and as I looked around the room at the other parents I noticed that all the moms were sitting on benches watching while all the kids and every single dad was playing in the sand. I guess guys never grow too old for glorified sandboxes. (Ethan with Isabella)
They also had a separate area for digging up dinosaur bones. (Ethan with Julia)
We were also very impressed with the "life size" Tyrannosaurus they made out of balloons. Do these people have too much time on their hands?
This is Taylor's immediate family minus his brother Arty who is working in England (such a shock they don't celebrate July 4th there so he didn't get the day off!)
Left to Right: Taylor, Sarah, Barbara, Mack, Sam(Mack's longtime girlfriend)
Bottom: Ethan, Sonia (grams), Jeff (grandpa), Isaac