For the 4th, we spent the weekend playing in the sun, hanging out with family, watching fireworks, making our annual flag cake, biking and of course,
taking lots of pictures.
The beginning of a masterpiece. This year we decided to make a fruit "pizza" and use cream cheese frosting to avoid the deflation of previous years' cakes. It turned out great and was super yummy. We even had enough frosting after
all the kids were done sampling :)
Before...
During...
After...
Cooling off in the kiddie pool.
Ashley will somehow figure out how to do tricks on any bar she finds.
Muffin and I
And if the frosting isn't sweet enough for you, we also have whipping cream
that we can spray directly into your mouth.
All of us
One thing I've wanted to do for many years was ride our bikes on the "trail of the Coeur d'Alenes". The four of us and Gada started at Heyburn state park and rode into Harrison, ate a yummy lunch, got ice cream, listened to some music in the park, then rode back.
Ohhh Chukar... whenever we spend time at my mom and dad's in Cd'A in the summer, Chukar decides to use their really cute and slightly fragile fountain as a watering hole. After this episode, we borrowed a kiddie pool for him to cool off in.
For the first time, Nicole went to the UI Volleyball camp. What a new experience for her. She got to stay in the dorms with friends Katie and Berlyn for three days and spent 8 hours a day practicing volleyball.
I picked up Nicole at noon and she quickly crashed on the couch for four hours. She was completely exhausted!! I imagine they weren't getting much sleep.
Ashley and friends Megan and Hannah headed off to Camp Four Echoes (Girl Scout camp) for three days. She had a great time and said
"the food was much better than last year"
Ashley's camp t-shirt that all of the counselors signed.
Inside their teepee (which they received an award for being the cleanest)
The new lodge at C4E built with money donated by the Schweitzers.
For the first time, Nicole went to the UI Volleyball camp. What a new experience for her. She got to stay in the dorms with friends Katie and Berlyn for three days and spent 8 hours a day practicing volleyball.
I picked up Nicole at noon and she quickly crashed on the couch for four hours. She was completely exhausted!! I imagine they weren't getting much sleep.
Ashley and friends Megan and Hannah headed off to Camp Four Echoes (Girl Scout camp) for three days. She had a great time and said
"the food was much better than last year"
Ashley's camp t-shirt that all of the counselors signed.
Inside their teepee (which they received an award for being the cleanest)
The new lodge at C4E built with money donated by the Schweitzers.
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