DARWIN is on his 12th year of teaching, currently at Springville High School teaching astronomy, geology, environmental science, and physics. He also teaches physics at UVU for a 7 week STEM summer school program for junior high students. He also teaches teenagers in our church ward. He's super busy, but still makes time to be an awesome dad and husband.
Darwin started out his independence day festivities a day early by going flying with our good friend, Jared, and was able to take a turn at flying the plane for his first time (with the dedicated coaching of Jared in the seat next to him). Good job, babe!Friday morning we got up bright and early to attend the Balloon Festival here in Provo, which has become tradition for us on the 4th of July. It's one of our most favorite things to do. It's a blast to watch the hot air balloons fill up and then take off into the air, and attempt to make their way back to their launching field to participate in some balloonist competitions. We were literally right underneath some of the balloons at times. It's totally a fun event for the holiday, and we strongly encourage those of you who haven't been to make the effort to get up and be there at 6:00 am to enjoy the experience.
After the Balloon Fest we went and enjoyed a delicious breakfast provided to us by the McSweeney family and watched the parade together. Darwin and I then came home and took a nap for a couple of hours (because we got up at 5 to get ready for the balloon festival and we knew we'd be up late enjoying the fireworks). Following our nap we went down to Mom & Dad Deming's in Mapleton for a BBQ with delicious food and fun, festive drinks...
We stuffed ourselves to the brim and then headed back to Provo to save a comfy spot on the grass to await the Stadium of Fire fireworks. I almost think we had more fun waiting for the fireworks than actually watching them, almost being the key word :). Mom & Dad Deming bought glow-sticks for our enjoyment, Darwin & I brought sparklers, and Travis & Rachel brought the kids and a yummy cake! We had tons of fun playing with the glow-sticks, sparklers and the kids. It was so fun to watch Alli watch the fireworks as well. Alli will be 2 in October and when she saw a firework she liked she'd say, "Ah!" or "Oh!". It was totally fun. I hope your Independence Day was as fun and exciting as ours was! Happy Birthday, America!
We stuffed ourselves to the brim and then headed back to Provo to save a comfy spot on the grass to await the Stadium of Fire fireworks. I almost think we had more fun waiting for the fireworks than actually watching them, almost being the key word :). Mom & Dad Deming bought glow-sticks for our enjoyment, Darwin & I brought sparklers, and Travis & Rachel brought the kids and a yummy cake! We had tons of fun playing with the glow-sticks, sparklers and the kids. It was so fun to watch Alli watch the fireworks as well. Alli will be 2 in October and when she saw a firework she liked she'd say, "Ah!" or "Oh!". It was totally fun. I hope your Independence Day was as fun and exciting as ours was! Happy Birthday, America!
Dar & Alli chasing Emma
Dar attempting to write his name w/ a sparkler.
Me w/ my neon antennas & necklaces.
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