The "meat" of the 4th of July - the Parade and the Carnival!

Two of my favorite parts of of the 4th of July here in Belle Fourche is the 2 hour parade and the carnival! At the parade, we met up with our friends, Desiree and her kids, and Amy and Avryl and everyone had a great time! They all got A TON of candy that will be in our candy dish for months to come.

After the parade, we came home for lunch and then it was off to the carnival! It's really fun now that the kids are older because they will go on more rides and most importantly, we don't have to go on all of the rides with them! I do not do well with carnival rides, but I did go on the spinning bears and the ferris wheel, but that's about all I can handle now. After about 4 hours of riding rides, we walked home, took a much needed nap, ate dinner, and then went to DQ for some ice cream! By then, it had cooled off so we headed back to the carnival for a few more hours of riding rides!