We celebrated the 4th of July just days after moving into the new house. We’ve always enjoyed the holiday in Snoqualmie, with the local parade, festival, and last year they added a pretty big fireworks show too. We missed the events and our friends quite a bit. But we also had a fun time this year just being a family together. It was much more low-key, with nowhere to be at any particular time. We spent the day playing on the lake. Later we BBQ’d at home, did a few pop-its, and settled in for the fireworks. We could see them all along the lake from our upper deck.

I think she could eat a whole watermelon by herself if we let her!

This fake coyote is supposed to scare away the geese, but apparently they’re too smart.