happy 4th!

happy 4th of july! 

i cant believe this was my 6th 4th of july here in idaho.

thats crazy, people!

we had a great holiday with lots of sun, food, and fun!

we started the holiday off the night before by going to the splash park

across the street. 

after playing in the water, we ventured over to the playground

where parker BIT THROUGH his lip.

 there was lots of blood, and lots of tears,

but i think he's gonna recover from it.

the morning of the 4th, jared had to go to work,

so parker and i headed to the rexburg parade

with kyle and carissa and reggie and janae.

(a HUGE thank-you to them for keeping parker entertained ALL DAY!)

parker was mesmerized by all the firetrucks, ambulances, semi's,

horns, music, dancing, horses, motorcycles.

he loved it.

after the parade, we had a yummy lunch of BBQ chicken sandwiches,

BBQ ribs, pasta salad, chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels, and jello.

then i took parker home for a much needed nap.

after he woke up, we decided it was very hot, and needed to go swimming!

he loved having aunt carissa blow bubbles, 

and she was soaked by the end of it.

(and probably a little light headed, too.)

jared finally got off work and came to play the rest of the night.

we decided we really didnt want to deal with the idaho falls traffic 

after the fireworks down there, so we went to the duck pond 

to watch the rexburg fireworks. 

 we played with those popper/snapper things, and sparklers

 which parker thought was pretty neat.

as far as the rexburg fireworks go, 

they were so lame. so, so, so lame.

but it was cute to watch parker clap after each one.

after the 5 minute rexburg show, we watched reggie light off some he got.

some of those whistling ones were pretty loud.

when we got home, our neighbors were out shooting some off as well

so we watched a few more. and then it was bed time.

parker was exhausted after a very fun filled day.

 id say it was a pretty successful holiday.

today, its much cooler outside. cloudy and rainy.

we have all our windows open, and there's a nice breeze

blowing through cooling off our apartment.

parker and i spent the morning back at the duck pond.

we love throwing rocks into the water, and watching the ducks.

it's crazy to think we only have 5 weeks left here. 

rexburg, has been my home for the last 6 years.

(that's the longest i have ever lived in one place.)

im sure gonna miss it.