Ione has a true 4th of July celebration. It is an all day event. They have a dunk tank, book sale, fish for prizes for the kids, bike raffle, parade, pie sale, music, and fireworks . We always go down and go through the book sale and get good supply of books. Then it was off to the fish for prizes for the kids (Cam got a Transformer & Kasey got a drum). Then we had to go to the pie sale. They have the best homemade pies for sale by the slice. They were delicious. 
Cam saw a crowd of kids and dragged Chris over to it and it turned out they were having a frog jumping contest for the kids. One at a time a kid would get a frog out of a cooler and then make it jump three times (the farthest distance won). Cam wanted to do it even after I made it clear he would have to pick up the frog (he has never had the chance to pick up a frog before). He waited 30 minutes for his turn watching all the other kids go. It was so fun to watch. He got right in there and picked the frog up. He had a great time.
We went home for lunch then came back for the parade. Cameron got way more than his fair share of candy.
Kasey took off and Grandpa went after him and Grandpa's shadow (AKA: Cameron) followed him.
By the time the parade was over Kasey was ready for a nap so we went back to the ranch to play games and let the boys rest. As it started to get dark we drove the trucks up the hill to get a look at the fireworks (in the picture w/ Kasey & me, the field in the background is where they set off the fireworks). Cameron loved them, Kasey hates loud noises so we were a little worried. He whimpered a couple of times, but settled down after a few minutes. On the last fire work of the night he finally uttered an "oh wow." These are his first real words (not the first time he said them, though). He has been saying them for about 5 weeks now. Anything he thinks is cool is "Oh wow."
By the time the parade was over Kasey was ready for a nap so we went back to the ranch to play games and let the boys rest. As it started to get dark we drove the trucks up the hill to get a look at the fireworks (in the picture w/ Kasey & me, the field in the background is where they set off the fireworks). Cameron loved them, Kasey hates loud noises so we were a little worried. He whimpered a couple of times, but settled down after a few minutes. On the last fire work of the night he finally uttered an "oh wow." These are his first real words (not the first time he said them, though). He has been saying them for about 5 weeks now. Anything he thinks is cool is "Oh wow."
It was a fun weekend with Cameron getting to go on lots of tractor and four wheeler rides. Cam's Uncle Toby bought him a tractor book which is now a nightly read before bedtime.
