A Happy Fourth

We had a good Fourth of July.  Some of my family came from the Tri-Cities to hang with us.  There was a big party in Hermiston that we went to for the celebrations.

We tried to put the girls in patriotic clothes for the holiday, but then they wouldn't show off their outfits for the camera.

We went to Butte park which has a water play park next to it.  It took Rachel a long time to decide the water wasn't poison.

There were a couple of bounce houses for the children to play on.

This one was Whitney's favorite because she got to climb a little rock wall to get to the top of the slide.

And Whitney got to meet Stretch.  He was even able to give her a high five, which I was impressed by.

We went back to the water park when it got too hot and Rachel decided she liked getting wet.

There was also entertainment at the park.  We got to hear some singers and watch this magician/ventriloquest.  Rachel and Whitney loved the bunny puppet.

Whitney sticks her head out of the slide.  It is a really fun playground.

And, of course, there were fireworks.  The show was spectacular and you couldn't get much closer to them than we were.  So it was a good way to celebrate our nation's freedom.