Our July 4th weekend

We had the most fabulous holiday weekend. We went to Show Low (northeast AZ) on Thursday to get a jump start on our weekend. Show Low is a beautiful place in the mountains with breathtaking scenery and cool weather (80's, not 110's). The best part is that our good friends, the Callister's, live there. We spent the weekend at the Callisters house along with another family, the Buckmeisters. What a great group of people to be spending a long weekend together. Friday we we got the house ready for the party the next day, everyone helped, including the guys. We managed to get done before lunch and decided to go to the top of one of the largest mountains around (10,200 ft). At the top of the mountain (can't remember the name) was a Ranger Tower, most everyone, including the kids, went to the top and got to talk to the Ranger. It was so cool, and she gave each of the kids a gift bag of smokey the bear stuff.
Saturday we had breakfast in town at a local fundraiser, it was so fun to feel like a part of this community. Then we headed to the parade where we had the best seats in the whole place. Our friend Dave went at 4 am to reserve us seats and he did so right next to the judging station. Thanks Dave!!!! After the parade was we had a great BBQ at the Callisters with a bunch of their fabulous friends. The boys spent most of the day taking turns on the dunebuggies. They are so fun. We love going out into the seemingly endless woods and just driving for ever. Zane and Ryder love it too, both fell asleep at least once while out riding. That night we went to see the local fireworks, we watched them from a bluff overlooking the city. Zane thought it was really cool that we sat on the roof of our car. Sunday we headed home, back to reality. This was an awesome weekend thanks to the kindness of the Callister Family. We can't wait to do it again next year!!!!

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