A great 4th of July

We had a great Fourth, hope all of you did too. Because Kevin's two brothers and their wives and kids are here, we stayed in Great Falls and planned some fun activities especially for the kids. I think the last holiday the cousins spent together was July 4th in 2005 when Rosie was 4 weeks old.
After having breakfast together at our house we headed to the parade on Central Ave. It was a hot morning. We brought squirt guns to keep our kids cool and even had some children nearby asking if we would squirt them too. After the parade we went to Eldon and Natalee's house to play on the Banzai slide, play Frisbee, eat and visit. Poor Landon couldn't participate in a lot of the water activities this weekend because he broke his arm, but he had a great attitude and still seemed to have fun with fireworks and being around his cousins. That evening we had planned on going to the car races, but a thunderstorm rolled in and they were canceled, so we watched Nascar on tv and Carson and Landon had a sleepover. Saturday morning we hit the firework stands to pick up a few fireworks for the kids and then joined Eldon and Nat, Brian and Michelle and their kids at Pelican Point for fishing. Each one of the kids caught a fish or two with the help of their uncles. Even Teton, Eldon and Natalee's dog had his share of fish, I was surprised to hear that he regularly eats a few trout when Eldon takes him fishing. It was a great weekend. I was glad to get to spend so much time with my sister-in-laws and their families. It was fun to see Kevin with his brothers playing on the water slide themselves, laughing hysterically as they shared a memorable story of a watermelon eating contest at home, and helping the kids catch fish. What a great place to be, with family on the fourth, in Montana.