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4th of July Block Party

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This year our awesome, amazing, over the top neighbors put on a block party!  I think they invited everyone in the ward that didn’t have other plans.  It was a huge hit!  We all pitched in $30/family and that got us a dunk tank, blow up water slides, cotton candy, snow cones and dinner!  It was so fun!   The kids loved it and were outside all day! We started off the morning with a kids triathlon.  Boy was that fun!  This was the kids’ first one ever and it was such a hit that it might become a tradition!  The kids all went in shifts in the pool.  Jenna even swam!  When David saw Jenna have her scared, almost ready to cry face on when I pulled her hand to get her in the deep end, he jumped in and swam with her!  She was all smiles after that and swam all by herself.  David had to get a new phone after this.  It did not like the plunge into the pool!   Alyssa got pretty nervous so she opted to just ride her bike and run.  I had a hard time keeping up with all the kids and getting their