Freedom Has a Birthday and more of July

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We love staying in Laramie for the fourth of July.  It's one of our favorite family activities during the year.  We rode our bikes to the park as a family which was something we had been looking forward to for a long time.  I haven't been able to ride a bike with the family for a long time! 

We spent a little time at Wyotech's booth

I made a fun Red, White, and Blue Trifle for the patriotic occasion.  It was delicious!

 Laramie's Jubilee Days are usually in the first weeks of July.  

We got to go to the pre-rodeo barbecue (yum) and we always love watching the bull riders. 

With our free time, Kinlee and I had fun making silly faces 

We sat by some friends, the Taffs during the rodeo.  

I absolutely love the Star Spangled Banner during a rodeo.  It brings me to tears (no surprise haha!).

Gran and Grandpa came for a visit in July.  Of course we needed to go to Vedauwoo.  Can't have a visitor in the summer without taking them there!  My parents love it too.  Kempton is really into the fire, starting it and keeping it going.  

Such cute girls!

 And such cute boys!  

 Had to go on a family hike

We also went to the Rec Center outdoor pool.  So nice to have extra hands at the pool.  I can't take the kids on my own and feel safe.  

Kempton had a partner to go down the slide with.  We had so much fun with Gran and Grandpa!  

The end of July brings Cheyenne Frontier Days.  We parked and took a shuttle so we wouldn't have to park near the event.  Kinlee was really excited.  

We met our cousins for the carnival.  Cecilia, James, and Joey were so much fun to go on all of the rides with, the kids had a blast.  

Then our other cousins came from Ft. Collins.  We got to meet Sloane for the first time, she was super tiny and precious.  Kinlee had her buddy Porter to go on the rides.  I got some great shots on the rides of these two!  

 Brenna had a fun time doing a 3x3 soccer tournament with her friends.  They did great and came close to beating the boy team that they played! 

This was an epic day!  On this day, Kempton made the decision to sort his Legos by color, and we all were happy to help.  It's been years of having to sort by set, so this was a BIG DEAL.  We had to hurry before the crazy toddler woke up...

During Frontier Days, on a whim, Cale and I scouted tickets from a shady guy outside the gates to the Kenny Chesney concert.  Kenny Chesney was one of the first country music artists I actually liked.  And Cale is the reason I agreed to like country.  haha

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