The 4th of July was spent in Rexburg with family. We went a day early to fulfill ethan's wish to go to the splash park for his birthday, but didn't get many good pictures. The morning of the 4th, we had our annual family 5K (approx. 3miles or 6 times around the park), and I so graciously offered to watch the small kids, but Ethan and Richard ran it. Ethan kept right up with his cousins, making it a point to not let them pass him, but right as he was coming up on 1 mile he tripped and fell on the pavement. He was so exhausted, (I don't think he had ever done something so physically taxing) and he was pretty inconsolable for some time, poor kid. Richard, who had run the 5k last year completely cold turkey in jeans and street shoes, actually worked up to it some this year and even got new running shoes for the event so it was a little less painful for him. After that we went to the parade. I have to say, Rexburg could be considered a small town, but I prefer even smaller town parades, ones where you get more candy than flyers, and the floats are made by wards and other civic groups, not by businesses. The kids didn't appreciate the loud sirens, but the baby went wild over the otter pops that were handed out.
After the parade we went back to Richard's parent's house for a nap, then for a walk downtown for some ice cream, returned for BBQ and played in the sprinklers. We had to leave before the others did fireworks, but the next day mother nature provided her own show with a beautiful sunset.
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