While we were visiting my family this summer, I confessed that my favorite Fourth of July parties were the ones in Loomis. We lived in Hidden Valley a community of a couple hundred houses built around a common area of a couple hundred acres that was divided into horse pastures, trails, lakes, and ponds. Right behind our house was a horse pasture with trails. We lived close to the big swimming lake complete with club house, water slide, dive platform, and submarine rock! There is even a little island in the middle of the lake. So we went over for a walk on the trails and swim in the lake. It was a blast.
Amelia wanted to hold hands with her cousin Bea. Pretty cute. Don't let these pictures fool you, the nice patches of shade make it seem nice and cool, but we were sweating! It was so hot that weekend. I couldn't wait to be in the lake! Max and Alex had a great time on the slide. It was pretty fast with a nice launch at the end!
We almost went to the Fourth of July party. What I liked best about them was the cake walk, three-legged race, and big communal BBQ feel of it. The ballpark was complete with games and everyone was having fun swimming in the lake. There weren't fireworks- everyone did those at their house (it was illegal after all). Instead we had a nice Fourth at the house, swimming, BBQ and fireworks were orchestrated masterfully by Max and Alex in the well-watered green grassy field.
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