Fauxmingos and Fireworks

Some people say that the Fourth of July is their favorite holiday. My family has never really been big on celebrating, but there is one big thing we do every other year: The Thueson Family Reunion. I hadn't been to one since 2007 because of the mission, and I was so excited to go. This year we were at Donata Hot Springs and stayed in a Yurt. I had no idea what a yurt was, but it was this circular building with a bunch of bed. After a few hours around the fire Friday night we went to bed because Saturday morning was going to be an early one. All of Grandma's kids and grandchildren are in charge of making breakfast for the whole camp, so we usually start around 6 or 6:30. After everyone had eaten and Ron had forced people to take more and more sausage, we still had 4 full watermelons under the table and lots of food to give the kid's pigs. The rest of the day was spent chatting with relatives and having Sher crackle paint our toenails. The cutest thing that happened was asking Whits daughter what was on her swimsuit, the answer: Fauxmingos. Hahaha Not Flamingos, but Fauxmingos. Everyone should get some.
After the great family reunion Mom, Dad, and Chaz followed us back to Magna. Every time they visit they bring us something new for the condo. This time it was a shelf for the laundry room, picture frames, and a cabinet for the kitchen. Oh, and Grandma Cook's awesome gold arm chair. In true Baxter-vacation style, we went to a movie. Our favorite theater in Utah is Jordan Commons because you can take a full meal into the theatre from a variety of restaurants. Fun stuff. We saw "Mr. Popper's Penguins" in which he mentioned a yurt! We were so glad to know what that meant :) The best part of the night was driving back home after the movie. It was Saturday and everyone was getting a head start on their fireworks. We drove with windows down and sunroof up and watch fireworks explode all over the valley on the way back to Magna. It was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. Then, I got to see it again on an even bigger scale on Monday when I drove home to Idaho. Driving up I-15 on the 4th of July is one of the best place to see all the fireworks that Utah has to offer.