Happy 4th of July!!

We've known the Clark's since we moved to Nodak, but we've never had the opportunity to hang out with them. They moved to Burlington last fall. Makala and I have stayed in touch and decided we needed to celebrate the 4th together!! 

They came out to the Stanley parade with us! We love the parade here!!

The kiddos loved it! Payden even got with it and waved at everyone!! ...once I buckled him down! He kept running to down to the family next to us!!

Our neighbor Leah was in the parade with her Grandpa!

After the parade we went to Lake Darling for the day! We had a great time on the boat and fishing!

Then we grilled hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner!! 

The kids had fun seeing how far up they could climb the tree there!  Once Landon got brave I had to set limits on him!! At first he didn't dare go up more than a few feet!!

Then they chased squirls and raced obstacle courses!

We finished off the evening by fishing off the bank! Landon caught the first fish!! Boy was he proud!!  He actually caught 2 of them!! (Dad did catch one on the boat, but wouldn't let me take a picture!!)

I was afraid Madilyn's whole day was going to be ruined because she did catch anything!! Luckily at the last minute she snagged one up too!

We came back to Stanley and enjoyed the fireworks from our lawn!!  

We love the fourth!! And are super happy to find someone to celebrate with!!