the Wilde Fouth: The Talent show

Part of the 4th tradition is a talent show that Sunday with.  Since Baby George was not here to show the West talent other West actually participated.  Here are some Talents that were shared.

Here are the Jeff Wilde family playing Patriotic songs on bottles.

Allison, Tony, and James singing a French Christmas Song "Il est Ne" 

To listen to what the song is suppose to click here.

Heidi, Allison, Charity singing "The Egg" from 1776.

 To listen to the real song click here

The Wilde Fourth: Purple Turtle

So after we are good and soak we go and consume so milk shakes, with fries as well.  They have a wide variety of milkshakes to choose from.  There are probably 8 booths at the Purple Turtle and right when it opens 30 or so wet people come in all kind of loud because it's a family get together.

 This is us waiting for our number to be called

This is what Michael's hair looks like after it gets wet and he does not blow dry it or straighten it.

The Wilde Fouth: Water Gun Fight

For the Water Gun Fight we go to a park; we go early enough so that there are no other kids at the park, therefore, we don't have to worry about hitting them.  Other rules are that you can't get people who are filling up at the water fountains, nor can you fire you gun into, out of, through, or over the safety zone (which seem to get bigger as kids grow up and have infants of their own). 

Michael thoroughly enjoyed himself.  He used his gun from his Zurg costume (see here). He pick to have a water gun instead of a nerf gun because he new the 4th of July was approaching.

Not a Wilde but a West--But really just a Kid

Dad pulling "You can't shoot me 'cause I have a baby". Ever one listen, well, except the baby's mother.

We had a lot more big guns this year

These are the traditional gun.  Some small gun bought at the Dollar Store maybe 10 years ago.

By the end Michael and pretty much anyone with a big gun or those people who resorted to cups were wet all over.

I, myself, only did one water gun full then I was done playing and I hanged out in the safe zone.  But I did get to swing which I like to do.

The Wilde Fourth: The Hot Air Balloons

So each year we go to the Hot Air Balloons at 6:30ish and have a Kiwanis Breakfast of pancakes, ham, banana, and yogurt. 

 We watch the Balloons being blown up and fly off, then we head to Discovery Park and have a Water Gun fight.  After that we go to Purple Turtle and have a large Shake.  However,  This was not a typical year because the weather was not right for the Balloons to take off so they would blow them up and then take them down.  They do the Balloons 3 times and only on the last day was the weather good enough for the balloons fly off.  And the Wilde Family had already decided to do Discovery Park the next day.
I got pictures of the Breakfast but not of the balloons

Yeah, Amy really is not a Wilde, but family nevertheless.

Baby is a Wilde though he may think he is only a West and Johansen.

the Wilde Fourth: Patriotic Service

First thing was the Patriotic Service.  It was in the Marriott Center.  They had the regular parts, the prayers, posting of the colors, pledge of allegiance, national anthem, and the tribute to the branches of the military (where they play the song of the different branches and people in the audience stand up if the have family serving in that branch.)  Steve Young spoke. He knew someone who was recently wounded during his service to the USA.  The soldier spoke of his experience.  Michael was touched by his speech because the guy became blind because of his service (some time in January I think) and he just got married to his wife 2 days before this event. Then there was a speech contest winner that spoke. After that there was a musical performance where they would narrate a story of historic people (John Lathrop, Mother of Lincoln, and John Newton and William Wilberforce) then play a song that would go with it done by Alex Boyé (singer, and MC), George Dyer (singer), Jenny Jordan Frogley (singer), and Jenny Oaks Baker (violinist).  It was a very good Service. 
As a side note Alex Boyé came to one of Allison'sYouth Conference back in NC

Grandpa and Grandma, Dad and Mom, and Michael and me were the people that went.  I tried to take pictures but I couldn't really get good ones, I was sitting in my seat while taking them and could not get the right angle.