For now, here's a little glimpse of the first leg of our trip in the pan handle of Idaho where Uncle Jake and Aunt Emily reside. Grandparents Tractor met us there and the whole fam had a glorious 4th of July 3-day weekend. We enjoyed both Lake Coeur D'Alene and Hayden Lake to take the edge off the heat.
The kind fire fighters let the kids hop up and explore the fire boat. They told my dad that two years ago during the Hayden Lake fireworks display, something went wrong and the firework barge started on fire. Yikes! Workers were bailing off the sides all over the place. That's a little more of a show than folks had bargained for. Everyone was fine and the fire fighters put the fire out to keep the barge from sinking. 
After baking at Hayden Lake we treated ourselves to frozen yogurt for lunch. And, oh, the food. We got meat hangovers at the Brazilian grill in down town Coeur D'Alene and then stuffed ourselves with Aunt Emmy's bbq ribs the next night. Uncle Brett dazzled us with his very own fire works display--complete with smooth moves by he and Uncle Jake, hehe. Both Ezra and Caroline learned that Mom and Dad aren't kidding when they say "be careful with sparklers". 
The Tractors had to go home late afternoon on the 4th--but our family was able to stay and enjoy the amazing firework display over Lake Coeur D'Alene. Nora does not enjoy fireworks. She covered her ears and willed herself to sleep. I could almost here her saying "Go to sleep. This isn't happening. GO to sleep" over and over with her eyes tightly screwed shut. Poor baby.
On the morning of the 5th we woke up, said good bye to Daddy for the rest of the week and settled in for the long drive to southeastern Idaho. And in case you're wondering...nope, I haven't finished that long list of things to do from that last post!
3 comments:
Brooke, I've used slide.com in the past. Just click on the make a slideshow link and then upload your pictures there & then it will give you a link that you just insert into your blog post. It's really easy. :)
I have quit making slide shows though, because I've had my blog printed into a paperback book and you can't really print a slide show! Otherwise I would make slide shows on posts where I have lots of pictures.
The lake looked like tons of fun!
Heidi
wow lol, at the bike pics- like father, like son! :) such cute cute pics of Nora, have missed that lil dolly, NEED to squeeze her, although I've barely been here myself the past two weeks, but have missed you guys :) see you soon LW! and that swimsuit on Nora? oh my dear, stinkin adorable!! ~cath
Love, love, love Nora's swimming suit - so CUTE! Also, looks like a fun 4th of July!
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