Oak City Days

In Oak City we have 2 days of nothin' but Hillbilly fun! It started with a parade and ended with a good ole' fashion square dance. (Ya! Greg and I don't really fit in quite yet) We had hoot hollerin' good time though. Here are Hals and Kambino waiting for the opening of the festivities. My neighbor told me that a few years ago, some rascal kids drove down the street, mooning everybody in Oak City, the mayor found out who they were and made them be on the opening float of the Oak City parade apologizing to everyone in town. I totally wish I could have seen that. Honestly! Who needs a scout troop to carry the flag!

If you have a trailer and an ATV your set.

This guy was so cute!

I don't even know what this is!

Kameron asks why Smokey the Bear wears pants but not a shirt? I say that is a good question.

This guy thrives on being the best taxidermist in the state of Utah. A man told us that he has won awards and even stuffed President Monson's pheasants. I couldn't even keep a straight face.

When I hosted my family party in the OC, a controlled burn got out of control and the flames were getting kind of close to our house. My oldest brother Dan, came running inside and said, I just so a golf cart with a water tank on the back of it, man, your house is going to burn. But that "golf cart" did the job!

I just think that this is cool. The wagon is an original that came across the plains. (I think the guy did too!)

The parade's theme was "Ties that bind" so this made me laugh.

The end result of the Oak City Days parade. Yum!

From the parade, you go to the "Hall" down the street for an ice cream social. There the kids are split up in teams to play "A needle in a haystack." There is a needle hidden somewhere in Oak city and you figure out different clues to find it. There are kids running all over until midnight. It is a lot of fun!

The next day there are all sorts of things to participate in like the turkey shoot (Gross!), or the horse course (I can't ride a horse), there is a horseshoe tournament (I think I would give somebody stitches) and things of that sort.

Then at lunch everybody goes back to the "Hall" and they feed you beef and pork that has been cooking in a big hole the whole night. It was really good. Everything is homemade. Salads, rolls, and dessert galore.

All day they have kids games at the park and shopping booths.

The Great Kambino took this game very seriously!



Hallee wouldn't go into this bounce house because you had to go through the Hulk's legs. I didn't blame her! Scary!

Kam will do and try everything! I love that about him!

So, everybody in town told me to have the kids try the trout catch.
They fill an area with water and fill it with trout.
Then they let the kids get in and try to catch one with their hands. Hallee didn't want to do it, she told me she doesn't even like catching fish with poles. (Good girl!)

Of Course Kam was all over it.

I know this is mean, but I just had to show you how different we are form everybody else here. These guys are in our ward!
So, Greg got called in for an emergency at the hospital, so I was all by myself. The rule is, if you catch a fish, it cannot leave the park alive. Meaning, I would have to kill it! I was secretly hoping that Kam didn't catch one. I got all nervous thinking about it. I know, I am a bad mom

Damn!

I took the picture and made Kam put it back in the bag, it was flipping all over the place. I contemplated just throwing it against a tree, but I chickened out. So I just hurried and left with the kids so nobody would notice I didn't kill the fish. Poor thing! It was dead by the time we got home, and I feel really guilty about it. Kameron then informed me he wanted me to cook it for dinner. So I threw the fish out, and warmed up some fish sticks! I am the worst mom in the world!

The night ended with a town dance dance that lasted until midnight. Good times, good times.