Fourth of July Spectacular

What is a better way to celebrate our nations freedom then spending the day by the Bear River?!

There was tubing the river, eating delicious food and spending time with wonderful people. Matching socks not required!

Tell me this doesn't look like the MOST delicious food ever!

Cooking is all business. Rick was making jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon. Manna from heaven!

The tubing ended up being a huge disaster. People couldn't get out of the river at the designated area, being swept further down stream and one person even had a run in with a moose. The water was deeper and colder than expected, dunking people right under. This little boy is laughing, many others were not. However I thought all of it was hilarious!

Missed the stop!

Fearing his mother will be attacked my a ravenous moose. (Those tears were not in vein, it almost happened!)

Not the happy smiles we saw pre-tubing

Having fun is exhausting

She worked very hard to fill this whole pipe with rocks

Clean up is a group effort

Nothing says you love America like face paint

Just a little specialty we brought called a fountain!

Its hard to get good pictures of fireworks, but the City of Evanston put on a fantastic firework show, probably the best I have seen in the last quarter of a century. The final firework of the program literally took up the entire sky. It was phenomenal! If any of you haven't been to Evanston for the fourth, you are definitely missing out!. Also it is fun to see the pure chaos of every family in the world lighting off fireworks. It was like a war zone and by the end there was so much smoke in the air you could barely see the moon. Happy Birthday America!