4th Of July Adventures

My daughter, her husband, and our grandson came to our home over the 4th of July weekend.  I can absolutely say, without a doubt, that it was an action-packed, full of adventure time for all.  It all started on Saturday afternoon, July 2nd.  Each year, our small town has a day at the park with lots of food, games, and fun.  One of the big events is the live fish pond.  The smaller children get in the fish pond and get a little rubber ducky, then turn it in for a bag of two small fish, with food.  My little grandson is the little boy in the blue shirt with blue pants and a white stripe on the side.

The older children get in, what we call, the live fish pond.  Just look at the fun all the children are having as they scramble around, trying to catch their own live fish.

On Sunday, July 3rd, it was a pretty mellow day.  It was our usual go to church, come home and have family dinner, day.  That evening, we headed up to the reservoir to watch fireworks.  The fireworks are usually shot off at the dam but due to higher winds, they were shot off at the docking area. 

The following day, 4th of July, we headed to Arco, Idaho to go see a parade.  Grayson was hesitant at first about going and getting all the candy that was thrown in his direction, but it didn't take him long to catch on...............he made a HAUL!  It also helped, that there were very few children in the area we were sitting.  After the parade, we went to the park.  They had games for the children and free hotdogs with salad, chips and a bottle of water.

On the 5th of July, we headed up the road to the river to go panning for gold.  We went to the Sportsman's Access, knowing we wouldn't really find anything but it's still fun to do.  We actually found a tiny flake, or two, but the most fun was had by our little boy, playing in the River.