One more reason to love Utah

One of my fond memories from growing up is coming home from church, changing into more comfortable clothes and sitting down to read through the Sunday paper and ads. I have wanted a subscription for quite some time but it never worked in DC (We actually tried 3 different times but the papers always ended up being stolen by other tenants in our building who got out to the front door earlier than us- ahh DC). So I was ecstatic when Taylor thought of this on his own and got me a subscription for Mother's Day. It has been so wonderful to be able to enjoy that Sunday afternoon tradition again and the best part is that I've been able to find out about hundreds of other local events going on (FYI for all those in Utah- the farm, Natural History Museum, and gardens at Thanksgiving Point are all just $2/person every Tuesday in August- that's a savings of $14 for just Ethan and me) and the coupons alone have paid for the paper.

So last Saturday when Taylor left at 7am to study and wasn't going to return until that evening (if even then) I was fine because I'd read about the "Youth Parade and Festival" downtown. We didn't brave the parade since it was already in the 90's by 10am, but we hit up the free festival and it was great!
There were over a hundred free booths with little games and activities and giveaways. Here Ethan is doing a stick-horse race around barrels. See his cute apron? They were giving them away at the Home Depot booth and even had free wood kits for projects so Ethan made a neat little toolbox.

Isaac didn't quite understand the race concept but he loved the stick horses and almost wouldn't let the lady take it back from him.

His favorite was any kind of ball game. "Ba" is his favorite toy and favorite word currently.

Besides the booths there were 10 or 20 inflatable slide things which Isaac wouldn't touch but Ethan couldn't get enough of. We'll definitely be going back next year! All free- you gotta love Utah!