the leavitts.

we can't decide which is better. blurry in the front or blurry in the back? so here's both.

just minutes after we took this picture tank got run over by a car.

somehow he managed to walk away with just one little scratch on his nose. but it was so scary. we were out on a walk on the street you can see in the pictures above. and we had let tank off his leash so that he could go exploring in the fields. it's a pretty rural road so we weren't too concerned about him running around. bad idea. tank spotted a bird, chased it across the street, and got run over by a car going 40mph. we are soo lucky he's alright. he managed to stay inbetween the tires and low enough to the ground. so he rolled out the back end of the car, yelping, but without any major injuries. we were so stressed at the time. both of us ran to help tank, leaving chet and his stroller rolling down the sidewalk, over the grassy hill, and down onto the road. niether of us even noticed chet until the guy that ran over tank honked at us to warn us. (not our finest parent moment.) we hitch-hiked our way home. and then called a pet hospital. but by the time we were home tank was fine. we spoiled him with a buttload of treats. and then left him to go to the independence day fireworks in idaho falls.

we were invited to tag along with our neighbors to the fireworks. they are 'locals'. it's good to be buddies with locals because they always know neat places to go. they had a couple semi trailers lined up with chairs and grills to watch the show. it was a big deal.

the fireworks were great. chet slept through them all. all 3000+ of them!

happy 234rd birthday america.

that all happened on july 3rd. turns out the abundance of mormons in the area made it so the partying happened on saturday instead of sunday. kinda funny, but whatever. so on the real july 4th we went and checked out the sand dunes. it is so neat out there. we are definitely going to have to go back.