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<\/a>waiting for the parade<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Corey and Sophia walking on the sandbar<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Preston and his little buddy Seth playing in the water.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Wow we have had quite some weekend!\u00a0 We start with the 4th.\u00a0 It was jammed packed with fun stuff.\u00a0 We woke up at 5:30 am and went with Corey to help road block for the 5K firecracker run here in Idaho Falls.\u00a0 The kids had fun watching the runners go by and seeing some fun costumes people had on. Then straight from the race we went to the parade.\u00a0 We didn’t get a nice shady spot this year so it got pretty hot.\u00a0 Luckily we were well covered in sunblock.\u00a0 Then it was off to Gem Lake to hang out with our friends and play in the sand.\u00a0 We stayed there for a good 4 hours.\u00a0 Unfortunately some of us did get sunburned after 4 hours.\u00a0 Mainly it’s because they forgot to reapply on their shoulders.\u00a0 Later we were lucky to have Nami and Nampa Edwards join us for the fireworks.\u00a0 The show was an hour late because a 27 year old kid decided he wanted to swim to the island in the middle of the Snake river and drowned.\u00a0 They had to search the river and postpone the fireworks for an hour.\u00a0 So sad, it kind of put a damper on the festivities.\u00a0 By the time we got home we were beat.\u00a0 Sophia fell asleep in the bike trailer before the fireworks even started so she missed the whole thing.\u00a0 I guess it will be a year we never forget.<\/p>\n
<\/a>waiting for the parade<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Corey and Sophia walking on the sandbar<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Preston and his little buddy Seth playing in the water.<\/p><\/div>\n
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