July 24th is somewhat of a holiday in my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After a long exodus from the Missouri/Iowa/Illinois area because of horrible persecution, the first pioneers of my church made it to the Salt Lake Valley, in Utah, on July 24th, 1847. In fact it is a holiday in Utah and towns have parades and such. And it happens to be my sister Lena's birthday.
My ward (church congregation) had a fun Pioneer Day celebration of our own a few days before the 24th.
After a dinner there were different activities and games. One was a watermelon seed spitting contest. Clark spit his seed the farthest, though you only got one try and that was his 2nd or 3rd try. There was also a watermelon eating contest. Yeah, I couldn't pass that up!
Cal did one too with his friends.
Clark, Lee, Jarom and I had a contest.
You'd think watermelon would be easy to get down your throat, but it's not! I gagged once too. Glad I kept it in my mouth.
Annnnnnd...I won!
Good job Jarom. We had a rematch later that evening with just one piece and he totally beat me.
There was also tug-of-war.
And a "pie" walk, instead of a cake walk. I brought two pumpkin pies for that.
Before the activity we went swimming. It was sprinkling out, but the pool was still open. Hardly anyone was there. My kids quite liked it and all of them got in the water. I did not.
And another funny picture. We do need to do more for Pioneer day, that is for sure. Hopefully next year!
My ward (church congregation) had a fun Pioneer Day celebration of our own a few days before the 24th.
After a dinner there were different activities and games. One was a watermelon seed spitting contest. Clark spit his seed the farthest, though you only got one try and that was his 2nd or 3rd try. There was also a watermelon eating contest. Yeah, I couldn't pass that up!
Cal did one too with his friends.
Clark, Lee, Jarom and I had a contest.
You'd think watermelon would be easy to get down your throat, but it's not! I gagged once too. Glad I kept it in my mouth.
Annnnnnd...I won!
Good job Jarom. We had a rematch later that evening with just one piece and he totally beat me.
There was also tug-of-war.
And a "pie" walk, instead of a cake walk. I brought two pumpkin pies for that.
Before the activity we went swimming. It was sprinkling out, but the pool was still open. Hardly anyone was there. My kids quite liked it and all of them got in the water. I did not.
And another funny picture. We do need to do more for Pioneer day, that is for sure. Hopefully next year!
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