Celebrating Independence in Westpoint

"Those who won our independence . . . valued liberty as an end and as a means.  They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty." ~ Louise D Brandeis

Danielle, Allyson, Kourtni, Damien and Mason

Westpoint City puts on a truly great 4th of July celebration. The City Council, the Planning Commission, and hundreds of volunteers work together to make a memorable, fun, family oriented celebration. We sincerely thank everyone who worked so hard to put this celebration together - we enjoyed the whole day.

Waiting for the parade to begin - Kourtni, Damien, Charlie, Ally, Danielle, Randy, Brittany and Ray

First, the races at 6:00 a.m. . . . Cori, Jesse, and Ethan ran in the 5k, Ray,Megan (and Joshua, too) and I walked. The weather was just perfect, still slightly cool and a beautiful morning to be out. There were a few in our family who actually placed in their division! We went home and had breakfast, then headed back at 8:30 to see the parade, a few family celebrities were starring in a float!

Clockwise - Allyson, James, Damien and Mason, Grant, Arianne and Nathanial, and Eden



I loved this photo of the kids on the float ~ Ashton, Sydni, Hunter and Grace throwing candy to the crowd

Planning for the Future~Cory, Jacob, Ashton, Sydni, Hunter and Grace

  Our future is in good hands with these great kids~

The best part of the parade ~ cutest kids in the Whole Wide World~ Ashton, Grace, Sydni, Hunter and Grant

Jacob, helping Grandpa Ray polish off the pie from the pie eating contest, Will and Brittany both entered the pizza eating contest and Ray volunteered for the "hot pepper" eating contest

Ray checking out a close one

For the children, there was a climbing wall, bounce houses, slides, booths for face painting, fishing ponds, and a huge play ground.  They had contests of all kinds going throughout the day: limbo, dancing, guessing games, Bingo, and lots of eating contests.  ~ our bunch volunteered for lots of the eating contests . . .

 The guys formed three horse shoe teams ~ Ray and Ethan, Will and Damien  and Cori and Cory and they all played well.  C & C made it to the finals!


Will observing before he plays and Ethan in the pit



Charlie, up top, Grant, Grace and Ashton leading the train of children on the slide

Our 2010 Babies ~ Nathanial, Mason and Eden

Picnic in the Park, before the Fireworks

Grace~flying the flag, Grant~with a pirate's heart and Kourtni~ Madame Butterly

Grant, Cori, Jesse, Grace and Eden

A great day ~ with a fabulous finish