Onion Days

Every Labor Day, my good ‘ol hometown of Payson celebrates Onion Days (yeah, it’s kind of a silly name, but we grow great onions!). I have fond memories of going to the parade and carnival as a kid, so naturally I had to take the boys.

First we tried out the slip ‘n’ slide that Grandpa Nelson gave Deacon (it was a hit!)

Then we headed to Spanish Fork for Aunt Gwen’s amazing cooking, and some trampoline jumping

We spent the night at my dad’s, and woke up to this (proof indeed that pigs can fly)

We waited patiently for the parade to start

Aunt Karel helps Evan avoid the ear-splitting sound of the fire engine horn

Deacon actually sat still for the whole parade!

And this is just cute :)

The famous Payson marching band

And the famous Smoky Bear (I was politely informed by Maria that it’s “Smokey Bear” and not Smokey “the” Bear. Who knew?)

Got snubbed by Jason Chaffetz

And the best part….a Delorean!!

Deacon practiced his cup stacking skills at lunch, and reminded us how good he is at it by saying ta-da every time he stacked them

And finally the carnival rides!! Deacon absolutely loved all the rides and had a melt down when they stopped. A couple of the carnys even gave him free rides!

Ignore my insane giggling, but I think I was having more fun than Deacon!

Good ol’ carnys, always there to lend a helping hand

Apologies for the long post, but it was an awesome day!