Happy Independence Day!

July 4th is always a fun day for us. Usually we attend the free breakfast at Maceys, see the hot air balloons in the morning, watch the parade with the Crippens, and then throw our own little fireworks and watch the big fireworks show in Provo...this year we decided to do things a bit differently.

Louis, Tino's younger brother surprised all the Hopoate family with jet skis to play at Utah Lake with. We had a BLAST! Here he is taking out Kea, Nani, and our nephew Drason.

Cousins, water to play in, and food to eat...Samara's perfect day.

Sondra's youngest boy Dexton, just being silly.

Tino and I headed out into the water...It was so fun to just hang on and let him try out tricks with the other boys. I was like his little biker chick...but on water. :) I did drive too, but was a bit too cautious to have too much fun. We were SO sore the next day!

The girls just playing...and modeling.

Tino always seems to be the BBQ man when we get together. He is good at it, so will just keep it that way.

It is no hawaiian beach, but everyone still had a lot of fun. We swam, went on the jet skis, and took the kayak out.

When the lake fun was over, the day had just begun...

We were given free tickets to see the 'Stadium of Fire' here in Provo, Utah. It featured the Jonas Brothers...and sounded like a lot of fun for our little Disney fans. When our nephew Dallin heard where we are going, he told us "I am their biggest fan!" So we decided to let Samara sit this one out, and bring Dallin along. Here he and Nani walk into the stadium together.

Look close and you'll see the Jo-Bros. It was fun when I knew the song they were playing.

Kea was excited with all of the dancing, fire, and music...can you tell?

Dallin...the 'biggest fan' was the best air guitarist I have ever seen!

Nani, all smiles...and Dallin still wailing away on his guitar. :)

The night ended with a big bang, or actually A LOT of big bangs. It was a great show, and at the end of it we were just covered in ash...too funny. When we went to pick up Samara we were VERY happy that we had left her with Sondra and brought Dallin because even the little pop-its had scared her!