4th of July Weekend

Alegra watching the parade with Sofie, her giraffe!

We drove up to Swan Valley for the weekend. Actually, we made it a long weekend, which we love. Shawn has been working tons of hours so we were able to take off Thursday night.
FRIDAY - Shawn woke up extremely early and biked from Swan Valley to Alpine and then up the Hoback Junction into Jackson Hole, from there he rode to Teton National Park and then back to the center of main street where me, Cruz, Alegra, Grammy, Aunt Katie, Nicholas, Clara, Grant and Georgia picked him up. We had a yummy lunch at Sweetwater Cafe and then headed home. Unfortunately Alegra wasn't feeling well. I was crossing my fingers it wasn't her ears, but she had a high temperature and was cranky for her. I kept watching her ears closely for drainage. That afternoon/evening Shawn was a brave man and took Grammy, Cruz, Nicholas, Grant and Georgia out on the boat. Cruz was the first person to jump into the freezing water, way to go Cruz! Summer hasn't officially hit in Swan Valley yet. It would get down into the 30's at night and only about 70's in the day.
SATURDAY- Uncle Russ, Aunt Ali, Macy, Walt, and Uncle Rich came into town late Friday night. On Saturday we got bundled up and we all drove over to Victor for the 4th of July Parade. Luckily Alegra's fever broke and she was acting more herself....not sure if it was a little bug or if that was from teething, I am hoping that was not teething because she was in a lot of pain! The parade was a lot of fun and Cruz had a blast collecting candy! My cousins Matt, and his wife Wendy, Collin, Dawson, Sarah and her daughter Olivia, Shawnee, Garrett, and there girls Aiden, Ayla, and Anya were all there too, so we had a slew of kids wanting and fighting for candy! After the parade Victor has a street fair with booths and food set up. We ate in the park and some of the kiddos got their face painted. Cruz got his face painted like a dog and he wanted everyone to call him Casey! That night we made a bonfire out front and had s'mores. A bald eagle decided to join the party across the river and eat his fish. Cruz enjoyed looking at him through the binoculars, even though Cruz wasn't looking in the right direction at all, but he said he say the eagle, so what can I say! :)
SUNDAY- A nice day at church and then a hike for some of us. We had the typical Lynda Sunday dinner that I grew up with every Sunday at home. It was nice to eat like that!
MONDAY - A nice walk, Cruz saw a moose on the Snake River side of the house, playing on the trampoline, more cousin time, packing up, and heading home!

Cruz still doesn't like fireworks, so although the other kids watched some fireworks my brothers lit, we stayed in our room and read books with Cruz.

Cruz and Alegra waiting for the parade to start!
Grammy and Sara Toliver enjoying watching the kids run for candy. Shawnee trying to capture her girls with her camera.
Aunt Ali, Uncle Russ, and Uncle Rich
Shawn prepping Cruz to run!


Cruz happy with his "goods"!
All the kids with their face painted. Nicholas and Walt were Avatar, Grant didn't want his painted, Macy a Tiger, Georgia Spiderman, Clara a butterfly, and Cruz a doggy!
Casey eating a s'more
The Eagle
Checking for the Eagle