Neighborhood Party

We live in the best neighborhood!  Monday afternoon I talked to a neighbor who said they were organizing an impromptu BBQ as a good-bye party for another neighbor who is moving after the summer.  They just wanted an excuse to have a party. ;) 

At 5:30 we walked down the street where there were tables and BBQ grills set up with something to share and our own meat.  The kids played with their friends before we ate and then after we ate OUT CAME THE WATER BALLOONS!!!  The kids had an all-out war.  Kids from 16 years old down to 3 were in the fight and it was hilarious.  Ethan kept going after the teenaged boys and, toward the end, one neighbor began filling the water balloons with shaving cream instead of water.  It was great and the kids had so much fun.

When the balloons were beginning to run out we noticed that another neighbor (who is a firefighter and EMT for Ivins) was driving around in the ambulance checking fire hydrants.  Someone persuaded her to check the hydrant next to where we were having the BBQ and she complied.  So kids and adults got to run in the water sprayed from the hydrant and it was hilarious!!  One teenager even got his skim board out.

When it got dark we decided it was time to put the kids to bed.  They showered and then slept great that night.  Ethan summed it up when he said "We have the best neighborhood!"

Here is Ethan getting ready to lie down in the gutter:

 Ethan going after one of the teenage boys:

 Still lying in the gutter:

 Courtney and the "big girls".  Courtney is in the green skirt/shorts in front:

 The wet neighborhood kids (Ethan is in the burnt orange shirt on the left and Courtney is next to him):

 More wet kids:

 Getting ready for the hydrant to open:

 Being sprayed!