4th of July Weekend

For the holiday weekend we headed up to Idaho to visit Sam's sister Amy and her family. Steve and Sarra came with and Sam's mom was actually in town visiting as well. we had such a great time with everyone! and it was pretty cool to celebrate the 4th Idaho Falls style! :) on saturday morning, we went to the city parade which was pretty cool.. then that afternoon/evening, we met up with Matt's(Amy's husband) family at a park in idaho falls for a BBQ and fireworks. there was so much good food for dinner including Texas style Brisket w/rolls, Brazilian ribs, steaks, hot dogs and potato salad! YUM! then we hung out til the "Meleluca Freedom Celebration" fire works show at 10pm. it was pretty late but they have wait til then because it doesnt even start to get dark til 9 or 9:30. crazy! anywho, we had a blast seeing everyone and cant wait to go visit again!

At the parade, baby Alex and Matt:

with matt:
later on at the park, we were all enjoying the awesome watermelon. love these girls:




waiting for the fireworks to start... this was prolly right at 9:30 and it was still pretty light. oh yes and apparently it had started to get pretty chilly, lol:
fireworks! we were kinda far away but could still see em pretty well. the show was a half hour long and went with music on the radio. it was cool to watch; this was part of the finale.. Happy 4th of July!: