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sorry some of the pics are not turned. I'm figuring out this whole new system! Hopefully I'll be better next time!

Elbrich is here!

My younger sister is staying with us till August 27th! Maybe that's why I haven't been blogging; too busy having fun! She's been here for a week and we're all loving it! Tys gets excited every morning when he sees her!

Nieko

4th of July weekend

We had a wonderful, relaxing 4th of July weekend!
The parade in Melba was on Saturday morning. Tys went with his pake and beppe to the parade, while Rudi, Nieko and me went to the farmers market in Nampa (fun!).

That afternoon we just relaxed, Rudi had to work a little bit. Then we barbecued and sat in the hot tub, it was so much fun! Rudi went to the fireworks in Melba with a friend. I watched the fireworks from a distance, they were really cool!
The weather was perfect. Most years it gets close to 100F on the fourth, but this year it only got to about 75F!

On Sunday we went to church. We were planning to go to a water park after church with the whole family, but we decided it was a little to cool. So instead we all went out to lunch.
Later that day we went fishing at celebration park in Melba, it was so beautiful. We had a great time, even though we didn't catch any fish.

The family at the parade in Melba

trying on some pretty dorky shades!

on Sunday, on the way to celebration park to try and catch some fish!

see "our spot"?

Tys had a good time!

didn't catch anything!

Holland supporters

Of course we're changing to Stars & Stripes for the weekend, but today we're celebrating that Holland won!