4th of July

On the 3rd of July we went up to Cache Valley for a little 4th of July celebration. On Thursday we went up to the Pepperidge Farm plant in Richmond where my Dad worked when I was a kid. We bought some ice cream at Casper's (used to be called "Cascos"??? It's where they make Fat Boys and lots of other yummy treats). Then we drove by the house I lived in when I was a kid. I was amazed at how big all the trees were that my Dad had planted 30 years ago... crazy! Then we ate dinner at an Indian Restaraunt in Logan near the hotel where we stayed. Caleb and I swam in the "heated" pool for a while that night... it really wasn't that "heated" but it felt good because it was over 100 degrees that day.

The next morning we woke up and stopped at McDonalds in Smithfield and then headed in to Lewiston for the parade. There were a ton of cars there and I tried to be "smart" and was pulling a U-Turn in the street to park on the opposite side of the road so we could get out of town faster when I high-centered the Civic as it about fell into a ditch just as Amy was saying, "Are you sure about this, you don't want to get stuck!!!" Some guy helped me and we lifted it up front end as Amy backed us out and we were fine.

Caleb loved the parade; he got a lot of candy, he waved and danced in front of a lot of people and he really got grossed out by the pooper scoopers (more pictures and video to follow).

After our parade, we went over to Garden City at Bear Lake and got some nice raspberry shakes for lunch while Caleb played in a sand box with some random kid who was dumping sand in his own hair (not Caleb's thank goodness). When we left, he crashed so we headed home. It was a fun little trip.