My Big Brother Came to VISIT!!

The fourth of July was the best this year because Eric and his family came to visit us! It is always so fun to have family come here to Spokane. Saturday we headed up to Priest River to a good freinds cabin for fun and food. We wanted to show our family off to our friends/family away from family. Badmition brought on the best facial expressions. (I couldn't add them all)

Emily is so BEAU-ti-ful!

Evan and Jacob were some of the only brave ones to get in the water. It was sooo cold!

The potato gun was a hit!

Thanks to the Romney's for having us at the cabin!

Sunday we went to church and played games and just had fun being together.
Monday was the Fourth of July and we borrowed some canoes from friends and went canoeing down the Little Spokane river. We didn't have the camera with us because we were worried it would get wet. It was so beautiful to enjoy the land we live in! Eris and I were in a canoe together and what fun we had!! We were not the expert paddlers and basically ran into every tree we tried to avoid! But...We did NOT tip over the canoe! I think that was a major accomplishment.
Later that night we headed down to Riverfront Park to listen to some jazz and to watch the fireworks.

The Nelson's got to see the best of Spokane!! The fireworks were great!

Then on Tuesday we rode the Hiawatha Trail. I highly reccommend that you do this at least once in your life. It is a blast!

We had a little problem this time going on the trail. As you first start you go through what is called the Taft tunnel. It is just under 2 miles long and is pitch black. You have flashlights on but it is still pretty dark. As we were all riding through we hear someone say...I think I have a flat tire! When we made it to the end of the tunnel sure enough the bike Emily was riding had a flat tire and we hadn't thought to bring the repair kit with us. So Eric and Dave went back through the tunnel...Long story short... Dave ended up staying back beacuse we couldn't fix the bike but made friends with the shuttle bus driver and so had a great time without riding with us.

It was a fun-filled few days and I am so grateful to Eric and Tracey for making the trip here to spend time with us! We made some great memories! It is always hard for me to say goodbye! Thanks for coming!!!!