4th of July

4th of July for us was a blast! Dad, me, Brianna, and Kyle went down to the Brown reunion. It was fun to visit with Australia cousin Boyd who is now a cop in Las Vegas and hear some of his stories. Food was great. It was fun to watch Trent throw Troy into the kiddie pool

After that we went back to Idaho Falls. Melanie and I had decided to rent a room on the river so the kids could see the fireworks. I hate crowds and the thought of dealing with the traffic after the fireworks was not appealing to me. But a friend suggested to rent a hotel. We went to the hotel and layed our blanket out back on the grass to reserve our spot for the fireworks-then went to hard hat cafe for dinner, then swimming at the hotel, then went out and layed on the grass about 15 min before the fireworks started and they did not dissappoint. The only let down was that Kameron fell asleep a few min after they started-it was so loud I couldn't believe he fell asleep. Brianna was scared at first but liked it in the end. Kyle loved it. The best part I didn't have to think about traffic afterwards and went to sleep in the hotel room. It was a fun day.