HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! AND OTHER RANDOM THINGS!!!

(P.S. SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR THIS POST, WILL BE LONG, THERE WAS ALOT FOR ME TO CATCH UP ON...)WE USUALLY SPEND THE 4TH OF JULY IN SODA. THEY HAVE SUCH A FUN SMALL TOWN CELEBRATION, THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR. I ALSO, GET TO SEE OLD FRIENDS THAT I ONLY SEE THERE SINCE WE HAVE GRADUATED AND MOVED ON. IT WAS KIND OF SAD TO MISS IT, BUT WE DID GET TO GO TO BOISE. JAREDS PARENTS AND ALL OF US WENT DOWN TO SEE, HIS NIECE, ANNIE GET BAPTIZED AND BE THERE TO SUPPORT HER. WE WENT DOWN ON FRIDAY AND STAYED THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL. JARED WENT TO HIS BRO'S TO WATCH FIREWORKS WITH EVERYONE AND HALLE AND I WENT BACK TO GET READY FOR BED. I HAD A MISERABLE SORE THROAT, SO I WAS OKAY WITH GOING BACK. HOWEVER, THAT NIGHT, TREG HAD A FUN BBQ AT THE POOL. GREAT FOOD AND FUN! THE NEXT MORNING, THE 4TH, WE GOT UP WITH INTENTIONS OF GOING TO A PARADE IN BOISE, HOWEVER, IT WAS TO HOT AND WE WEREN'T SURE OF WHERE IT WAS AT. GRUMPY AND JARED WATCHED HALLE FOR A BIT WHILE THE REST OF US WENT SHOPPING. WHEN THE SHOPPING WAS DONE, WE GOT READY FOR THE BAPTISM AND WENT TO PANDA EXPRESS TO EAT BEFORE. HALLE HADN'T NAPPED AND FELL ASLEEP IN THE CAR SO JARED ATE AND I SAT IN THE CAR WITH HER AND TRIED TO GET SOME SHUT EYE TOO. ALSO, I MUST NOTE, KIM AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT DAY, AND LET ME TELL YOU, I JUST LOVE HER. THANK YOU KIM FOR BEING YOU AND BEING SO KIND AND CARING. I LOVE YOU. ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE STORY....THEN OFF TO THE BAPTISM. HALLE WAS EXHAUSTED AND SO WE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME RUNNING AROUND IN THE SUN OUTSIDE. WE CAUGHT THE POINT OF HER COMING OUT OF THE WATER AND WE WERE THERE FOR HER CONFIRMATION. VERY NICE BAPTISM ANNIE AND WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. THEN, WE CAME CLEAR BACK TO POKY. WE WENT TO MY MOMS TO CELEBRATE WITH FOOD AND THE FIREWORKS. GREAT NIGHT AND HOLIDAY BUT TIME TO GET SOME SLEEP. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIE DAILY FOR THE FIGHT OF FREEDOM HERE IN THE USA~

WE DID STOP AT SHOSHONE FALLS ON THE WAY DOWN, TO SHOW HALLE. WE ALSO COULDN'T BELIEVE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN, HOW FULL IT WAS! BEAUTIFUL!

HALLE AND DADA AT SHOSHONE FALLS!

HALLE FINALLY AT THE CAMPER IN BOISE TO SEE GRUMPY AND GRANDMA AT THEIR CAMPGROUND. SHE DID BIG GRINS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, AND OF COURSE, IT MAKES ME MELT! LOVE IT!

ANNIE AND TREG AT THE BBQ ON FRIDAY. THANKS TREG, SUCH GOOD FUN AND FOOD!

LOVE THIS PICTURE OF KIM AND JOHN-AREN'T THEY ADORABLE?

HALLE, JARED, AND BRIDGET IN THE KIDDIE POOL. IT WAS ONLY 2 FT DEEP AND HALLE LOVED TO WALK IN IT! SHE LOVES THE WATER THIS YEAR, YEAH!

HERE IS ANNIE AND TREG AFTER THE CONFIRMATION AND BAPTISM!

FAMILY PHOTO AT THE BAPTISM: TOP ROW: L TO R: JARED, KEN, RENAE, TREG, (TREGS FIANCE') TIFFANY, KIM, AND JOHN

BOTTOM ROW: L TO R: ME WITH BRIDGET, HALLE HANGING OUT, AND TIFFANY'S SON, COLE

STEVEN, CHRIS, MOM, HALLE, AND JARED WAITING FOR THE FIREWORKS, "THE BIGGEST SHOW IN IDAHO", IT DIDN'T START UNTIL LATER DUE TO THE WEATHER, AND IT WAS FREEZING. YES HALLE IS IN A HUGE FLEECE BLANKET ON THE 4TH OF JULY!

MCKAY, JENNA, ANNA, JANEY, NIKI, AND TROY WITH TREVY, WAITING FOR THE FUN TO BEGIN. GRPA TOM JUST CHILLING IN THE BACKGROUND!

THEN, LAST WEEK ON TUESDAY, HALLE AND I WENT TO LAVE SWIMMING WITH TREVY, NIKI, NANA, AND NANA'S FRIENDS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THE KIDS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. WE STAYED FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS, AND OF COURSE I GOT BAKED. WITH HALLE LAUGHING THOUGH, TOTALLY WORTH IT! THANKS FOR TAKING US TO PLAY. WE ENJJOYED IT ALOT! THEN JUST FUN WITH SPAGHETTI, AND YES POTTY TRAINING TIME...I HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED YET, TO IN DEPTH. HOWEVER, IT IS GOING TO BE HERE SHORTLY! SHE PICKED OUT HER DORA CHAIR-WE'LL SEE IF THAT HELPS AT ALL!NIKI, TREVY, HALLE AND I AT LAVA!

NIKI, TREVY, AND NANA GETTING READY TO GO SWIMMING!

LOOK AT THE SPAGHETTI MESS.....LOVED IT. I HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS MESS TO SHOW HALLE IN THE FUTURE, HOW SHE USE TO EAT. LOVE IT!

HALLE'S NEW DORA CHAIR TO START POTTY TRAINING HER SHORTLY!