4th of July at the Cabin

  It was a great weekend at the cabin for the 4th...perfect weather and great company.  Nana and Grandpa could only stick around for the parade, but it was well worth it!  The kiddos are a 'Candy Magnet' and there were some really cool floats...complete with kids armed with super-soakers.

  Sunday we finally got around to relaxing on the lake...

 ...floating around with Claire-bear...

  Our really great friends Ben and Missy joined us for the weekend, all the way from Boise.  Later that night the three of them were sick from sunburns...it was so bad Ben and I had to run into P-burgh to get some aloe-stuff.  Somehow I managed to keep the burning to a minimum, which is not usually the case.  The kids were fine and unburnt, but they couldn't understand why momma didn't want them to touch her legs!  
   I also made a cool little swamp buggy that I thought the kids would enjoy, but it turns out they weren't near as interested as the grown-ups!  Daisy didn't quite know what to think about it...

  Here's some cool youtube video of Grandpa behind the wheel...
Video: Grandpa Driving the Swamp Buggy

  And I got an idea to put the GoPro on 'er and see what that was like...gave a pretty cool perspective and a great view of Echo Lake at sunset...

Video: GoPro on Swamp Buggy