4th of July

 Penelepe said this is her new favorite holiday, because we get to eat with friends.  We had a Flag Ceremony at the church early in the morning, which Oliver participated in, and then a delicious pancake breakfast followed. Afterwards the kids played games and loved every minute of it.

 They had a Popsicle walk and the kids each got about 10 Popsicles! Violette would have walked all day and waited for her number if she could.

The kids decorated their bike for the parade, which Violette knew really meant "RACE" not parade.

We enjoyed the "short" fireworks, I guess next year we should show up on time instead of 15 minutes late. oops That weekend we also enjoyed the Band concert at the band shell in Crapo Park that had fireworks during the finale. So much fun! We were way too close for the fireworks, we thought they were going to be set off in the river.... but they were right by where we were sitting. Ryan took Sylvie for a walk for the end of the concert and was within feet of where they set them off.  I thought Sylvie for sure was going to be scared with how LOUD and CLOSE they were but she Loved them and FIST PuMPED to the music and fireworks.