I've said it before and I'll say it again. I love, love, love the
Fourth of July in Idaho Falls. Here's how it goes. First we kidnapped
some cousins from Utah because they know how fun it is and wanted to
come. It starts with the Culdesac of Fire, which is a neighborhood party
with fun, friends, good food, candy cannon, fireworks and this year I
did some face painting. Olivia loves to paint anything and when she saw
me painting faces she wanted to paint mine. Pretty good for a three year
old.
Next, the night before, Jeff sleeps on the tramp with the kids. Fireworks are going off all night and it is a blast. This year Kate and Kat did shadow dancing up against the fence.
On the morning of the fourth, Jeff and Kate or Kyle go early and set up our spot. It is at the beginning of the parade. They play football and eat donuts while they wait for the rest to show up. The parade tradition goes all the way back to when Jeff and I were dating. We are both very obnoxious at the parade and yelled and cheered for everyone (obnoxious is the tradition) Consequently this leads to
lots of candy. We also got the tiger mascot to embarass Annalisa. Olivia
was not embarassed to speak to and hug anyone in a costume.
After the
parade we go to Kate Courley Park and eat and play games. By the time we
are done we just drive home without any traffic.
In the past I try
to figure out a way to play volleyball. I have set up games at home to
pass the time while waiting for the fireworks. This year we were invited
to a volleyball tournament. The kids were invited to come and play
water games, so we spent all day in the sun. It was soooo fun. Food was
included in this one too. As soon as the tournament was done we went to
Jeff's parents to have a BBQ. We all plopped onto the blanket exhausted
from the day. Their yard is nice and shady at night. Then we have
another huge feast with corn on the cob, etc. This year they played
spoons where you have to run to get the spoons across the yard, water
balloon toss and face painting replenishment. The kids also played in
Jeff's parents new water fountain, which Michael made.
Lastly we run down to the fireworks right before they start and find a
little spot to cram into and enjoy the beautiful show. Wow what a blast
and what a day.
4 comments:
Wow you do have a fun fourth of July! I remember going one year! I need to start some fun fourth of July traditions for us.
You guys have some awesome family traditions! What fun!
I wish we could have been there...maybe next year. I wish we were a little more like you guys, we don't have any traditions with the fourth.
I love Fourth of July in small towns. We have lots of traditions in our family for the Fourth and the Twenty-Fourth. Fun stuff
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