Utah Fairwell Show

If you get the Ferguson girls and the Guillen girls together, it's a guarantee there's going to be a show of some sort involved, but nothing could have prepared us fully for the fairwell ditty we got to end our trip to Utah...

pictures this...the girls are packed into the back of Court's car, the big girls are hiding in the back seat, the little girls are in their places, giggles are spilling out everywhere as the back hatch opens and the show begins!

Did I mention the song choice was "Baby Got Back"?

Wow! It was quite a show!

Hart's had the wheel covered and then they all joined in on a rendition of "Jesus take the Wheel" to redeem themselves!

It was definitely one for the record books and the whole back of the cars as a stage with an opening door was truly a bonus! Thanks for loads of laughs! You are quite a crew!

Good-Bye Park City! Thanks for a Fourth of July to remember!

Somewhere Special!

"Sundance is a mixture of old and new, lush and spare, sophisticated and primitive-like art itself." -Robert Redford

Sundance is by far a masterpiece like no other and one of my most favorite places on earth! There's definitely some magic in the air and God's great beauty will stop you dead in your tracks...

...and then fill each step with His great joy!

The whole gang had a hay day dancing around this precious place that is chuck full of simple treasures around every turn!

We did plenty of exploring through the 5,000 acres of grandeur that create this haven against the Timpanoga Mountains...

new life...

sweet friendships...

God's beauty...

...wonderment

...adventures

Pure bliss in the great outdoors!

We hopped on the tram to explore the higher trails and they were just as spectacular!

We all had a lot of love for this place and tucked special memories in our hearts!

(On a sidenote, someday I plan on living here and growing a giant garden, working at the Art Shack, taking amazing pictures, watching all my family bask in the beauty of the Lord's land, and knowing these trails like the back of my hand because I tread on them daily!...hey we all have to dream...and I told you my love was deep!)

A HAPPY meal for a HAPPY night!

Now I know McDonald's comes with a long list of social and health issues, but on this night it was truly as dreamy as the commercials! With the Stadium of Fire kickoff clock ticking it was the perfect choice for the night, and quite a delightful experience for all....Court and I even got out own Happy Meals! (and they really do have the best fries!)

Now for the happy night....STADIUM of FIRE!

My love for this event is as true and the Good Ol' Red White & Blue! And it was even more glorious to share the day with such grand company! Have you ever seen a more patriotic crew?

We gathered quite the collection of American paraphernalia in prep for this night and the girls were working all of it quite nicely!

Our buddy Bradley hooked us up with a parking lot a mere 3 miles from the Stadium, so needless to say, there was a lot of piggy back riding! Everyone was a super trooper about the walk there, but not so sure about the walk back, until at midnight when we got a call from our buddy Bradley who was still stuck in the thick of up close parking jams...we hopped in our car are headed right out...our 6 mile hike paid off! (the walk back also had the piggy back of all piggy backs!....Elle managed to ride on her Daddy's shoulder ASLEEP for the trek back!)

The night is full of top notch entertainment from start to finish!

The piano brothers and sisters have some very artistic genes!

Carrie Underwood was by far the hit of night! That girl is just plain cute and she can sing!

We used our handy dandy iPhone to capture the magic of the rock out! (sorry about the Hartley sway! and if you listen closely you can hear the girls singing along with joy in their hearts!)

Our flag stood tall in the gorgeous Utah sunset and the firework display was spectacular, but it did have a few glitches...they lost sound for a while and caught a lady on fire! She was okay and the show pressed on!

Star Mill

To kick off our Stadium of Fire evening of fun, we stopped by the Star Mill to visit our buddy Daniel! He was kind enough to give us the "4th of July Special" and only charged us $20.oo instead of $40.00 to snap some photos...(the funny thing is, when we went last year on a non-holiday the going rate was $20.00! Daniel had plenty of holiday deals for us...nonetheless, it was $20.00 well spent and there was plenty of eye candy for all of our vintage hearts!)

Sister Love!

Cousin Love!

Fire truck love!

Can I get an "E" for Ellery-Joy?

An all-star line up of ladder girls...

...and one All-American wagon boy!

Maugee and Poppa and the whole crew! Good thing Star Mill has a pair of oversized green double doors...I don't think a single would have worked!