Fourth of July

So it was the Fourth of July in Cokeville.  A friend of Kandyce's from school wanted to come up and see what Cokeville was all about and of course to see the Thompson Fireworks. The day was spent just cleaning the house and making sure things were okay. Mom and Shari ran over to Montpelier to get some food to eat. For me, after being on the road, a home cooked meal was great.

In the afternoon Lilli wanted to make sure the lambs were fed, so she took it upon herself to go and feed the lambs. Sure, only one or two came to eat, but she wanted to make sure they were fed.

When she was done, she would give the lamb a little kiss on the nose to let them know they are loved.

As Lilli was heading home after a hard days work,

she realized that nobody had ever fed the llama, so she decided to give the llama a little flower (weed). She got really close to the llama and nobody has ever gotten that close to it, so Ellen kind of stepped in and grabbed Lilli. Ellen didn't know what the llama would do. After all, llamas have been known to spit on people.

After contemplating life as a llama, it dawned on Lilli that Phineas and Ferb (the other lambs) had not been fed.

Now our little slave has taken care of all of the animals on the farm.

Once the chores have been taken care of, it was time to go in to great-grandma's house and get ready for the "Football Field of Fire". Kandyce's friend Landon and Kennan had a ball setting off the firecrackers and "bees" and roman candles. Landon is a Utah boy, so anything that shot in the air or was like a small stick of dynamite, was a thrilling experience to him.

Of course the main crew was out on the field setting things up. Without the help of Brady and Trevor, the bosses of the crew (Zane, Mike, and Jim) had to pick up some others to help. Mike Johnson and Sullivan Teichert were the ones chosen.

Here is a shot of the fireworks in the air.

The last shot is what it looked like watching the finale. Notice in the lower right, two of the crew laying on the football field to get a better view of the presentation. 

It was another successful "Football Field of Fire". Just look at the excited faces of Lilli, Maliyah, and Cael.