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| After all our traveling we stayed home for the 4th. Anna and Kalissa got to be in the parade and were pretty excited. |
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| We had great seats to enjoy the parade until LOTS of people came and stood in the road in front of us. |
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| Kalissa and I made this fun cake. |
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| We lit some of our own fireworks and enjoyed all the random ones being lit around us. It was a nice, relaxing day after our weekend trip. |
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| We drove home on July 3rd. It was fun for these two to be together for their birthday since they never get to be. |
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| On the way home we stopped at Warm River Springs. |
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| We were a little more prepared to get in the water this time. |
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| Some of the kids even made it to the top of the spring. |
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| It was a nice end to our fun trip. |
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| On Saturday morning we got up early and drove to the Lewis and Clark Caverns. |
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| The hike up to the top was hot and a little long for some of the little legs we had with us. |
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| We took turns carrying the little ones to the top. |
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| The views from the top were amazing. |
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| One of our favorite parts was the beaver slide at the beginning. |
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| The formations inside were really neat to look at. |
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| There were A LOT of stairs in caves. But everyone did a great job going through. |
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| This was my favorite formation in the cave, the Brown Waterfall. |
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| We ate lunch at a picnic area below the caves and then drove to Virginia City in hopes to ride the train. |
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| The train rides were full but we had fun exploring around town. |
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That night we stayed in Bozeman and ate at Roost Fried Chicken.
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| The kids had so much swimming at the hotels. |
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| One more picture. I just love when I catch my girls being sweet to each other. Anna fell asleep whiling rubbing Amree's back. Such a nice sister. |
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| We started at the Bannack Ghost Town |
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| It was fun to walk through all the old buildings and learn a little of the history of the old gold mine town. |
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| It is in such a beautiful location. |
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| The kids loved the old jail. |
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| A view of the town from up by the cemetery. |
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| Anna and Kalissa had a duel. Don't they do the cowboy stance perfectly! |
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| We all really liked the school house. |
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| Amree thought this merri-go-round was one of best things there. |
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| It was a pretty fun backdrop for our lunch. |
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| After Bannack we headed up to Crystal Park. The kids had fun digging in the dirt looking for crystals. |
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| The older kids climbed up the mountain to dig. |
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| The younger ones stayed down lower. |
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| But they all found some treasures to take back with us. |
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| This was our last stop before Butte. It was just a small rest stop but the sky and view was AMAZING! |
