4th of July Weekend

On Sunday, we decided to take a spontaneous camping trip up to the Mogollon Rim by Payson.  We had been wanting to go explore a little bit, and since Seth had Monday off, we decided to jump in the car right after church.

It's a good thing we didn't need very much to go camping! We were out the door in about half an hour.

 It was absolutely beautiful! It wasn't McCall, but it was still really nice to get out of the 110 degree heat for a minute.

We were starting to forget what greenery was...

The campsites were up on the rim, so there was a nice overlook.  They were also first come, first served, so we weren't even sure if we were going to be able to stay overnight.

There was even a nice little lake that was PACKED with people fishing, so we didn't stay there very long.

We got back Monday morning, and then our friends the Mittons invited us over for dinner, games, and fireworks.

Brynn was feeling patriotic, so she made a fruit pizza flag.

We ended up going to the Mesa Celebration of Freedom, which was really fun.  They had a giant water slide, fire trucks spraying water from a hose (it was 108 at 10 pm, after all). We got there in time to find a spot for the fireworks, so we weren't able to fully experience the festival.  Maybe next year, guys?