Pioneer Day

On Pioneer Day, the kids talked Grandpa into doing one of the many things he does best... shoot bottle rockets!

Kaleb and Bradley were on one team, and Jaden and Ethan were on on another team.

Brynnlee got to play with Grandma while the boys worked on their bottle rockets.

When they were done, the boys insisted that I take many... many... pictures of them with their rockets.

First we have Team Ethan and Jaden...

Lots of posing...

And we had to get the bottle rocket from every angle.

Next we have Team Kaleb and Bradley.

Kaleb took care of the posing.

Very nice.

Then while we aited for Grandpa to get the launcher set up Kaleb wanted to get in some jumps shots.

No, not basketball..

Actual shots of him jumping.

He had a vision.  And was determined to capture it.

Here we go.  Setting up in the field...

Get ready to launch...

And pull!

Awesome!

And then go fetch.

Ethan was pretty funny.  He recorded a theme song on his DS to have playing in the background whenever it was his turn to launch.  Sometimes there were technical difficulties with the DS and the water in the rocket would all run out before he could fix the problem.  The timing was all pretty tricky.

Here's Bradley watching a launch.

Brynnlee didn't last too long out there.  She preferred to watch from the window.

Afterward Mom and Dad made a yummy BBQ feast.

What a fun way to spend the holiday. :)  Thanks Mom and Dad!  That night we went home, and then watched a bunch of fireworks from our backyard.