We spent the holiday in Grand Junction visiting both Waterhouses and Masons.  The kids had a blast!  I didn’t take too many pictures, but I have these at least:

I spent most of my time doing a puzzle 🙂
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The boys showed off their swimming skills.

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Tuckered out Sam every afternoon (of course, he stayed up late each night in exchange!)

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I made a flag cake!

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Sparklers and fireworks on the third, after dinner with all the family together.

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More swimming, with a surprise frog visitor.

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Releasing him in a safer place.

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The boys were positively pickled after hours of swimming on our last day.

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Sam nodded off before we crossed the town border on our way home on the 4th.

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Within an hour of leaving I got this photo.  So glad it got done!  Sad I couldn’t do it all while I was there though.  I picked on too big for the weekend.
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We drove through Vail during their fireworks display.  Perfect timing!  Jack declared “Those fireworkds really saved the day.  It’s a good thing we saw them.  It was almost the worst Fourth of July EVER.” //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
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We had no idea fireworks were so important to him 🙂  Noted for next year.