4th of July

We had a great day which included: sleeping in (until 8! - that never happens in our house), Hannah's swimming lessons, swimming and going on the waterslide, naps and a movie, Cafe Rio (a little taste of home), and fireworks at Coeur D'Alene lake.

Hannah is doing so great in her swimming lessons and is swimming on her own now!  

She is a trooper: at 9 am when she has her lessons it is usually still below 60 degrees in Spokane!  She doesn't mind the cold though.

Hannah and her friend Laney sporting the same swimwear.

With our friends the Hansens at the beach waiting for the fireworks.  

The show over the water was really incredible

The Hansens and the Klinglers; we're so glad these families are here for residency with us.

A note about Cafe Rio: being so close to the northern border, we rarely run into our friends from the country to the south.  That means that there are almost NO Mexican restaurants around here!  (Actually there aren't a lot of restaurants around here period, mostly just fast food and pubs.)  We did find a Costa Vida, but were sorely disappointed to find that they served plain old ranch dressing and plain old rice.  It was pretty gross.  There is a Cafe Rio in Coeur D'Alene so we decided to try it on the 4th of July. When we walked into the restaurant Hannah said, "Hey this place looks like home!" There was even a real Mexican working there, perhaps the first one I've seen since moving here. And just like Cafe Rio at home we ran into people we knew eating there too: people from our ward, people from the hospital, etc. the food was delicious too and the kids meals here are free. We love you Cafe Rio!