For the fourth year in a row, we celebrated the 4th of July at Tori's dad's house in the Central Valley. Whenever I say that people, they make a funny face like, "Why would you want to go to the Central Valley for the Fourth of July?" Yes, it's very hot, but it's actually quite pleasant when you spend all your time under huge oak trees or floating down the river. Her dad has a great piece of land and a beautiful home and it's actually a wonderful place for the kids to run around. And Tori loves the fact that her step-mom cooks every single meal the whole time we're there (that's not as big of a deal to me since that's my daily reality).
Here are some photos from the weekend...this year was significant in that we had 11 kids ages four and under!
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| Grandpa Mike makes an incredible slip-and-slide into the river and lubricates it with environmentally-friendly soap. I think Tori's brother Zach gets the speed record (and he did a flip at the end). |
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| Tori's step-sister is in beauty school and gave the girls matching hairdos. |
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| We can fit a lot of people in the Polaris (I'm the dark spot in the far left corner). |
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| Here is the whole gang, though sadly this year we missed Adam's family and we definitely missed Opal. |
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