Speebidah Fourth of July

Speebidah and the 4th of July are practically synonymous with one another. Speebidah, an Indian expression for "Place of Happy Children" is a private beach community located on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Scott's Grandpa and Grandma Powlesland purchased a "beach home" there in the early 50's, and it has been a spectacular place for family gatherings and celebrations ever since. The Fourth of July tradition at Speebidah goes back to 1947. Today's celebration is based on years of deep-rooted tradition. We always anxiously await the Speebidah 4th of July Schedule (it involves several days) which includes several popular events such as the parade, cake walk, dance, strawberry social, fishing derby, quilt raffle (I'm determined to win this raffle once in my lifetime)....and the list goes on and on. This year the parade theme was "show your spirit". We dressed Tate up as a Husky cheerleader and Owen as a Seahawk. Tatum did a wonderful job of shaking her pom-poms and shouting out "Go Huskies"! The day was very fun, but exhausting. Both kids fell asleep in our arms on the deck shorty after the fireworks began. I have no idea how they slept with the huge fireworks display exploding in the sky right above us.