A Fabulous 4th Weekend

After a marathon week of packing up our house, packing up 2 trucks, driving to Westby and then unloading the trucks and finally driving to Fargo, we started our summer vacation. Whew! We drove out to the lake on Friday morning for some boating, tubing and excessive eating of snack foods. The boys took a few swings around the lake on the tube. So did Hannah, but she was terrified and cried for most of it - no pics necessary. :)

On Saturday morning Grandma ran a 10K. The kids were there to cheer her on before they had their own race. Tim got 4th place in the 6-8 year old group. Luke got to run with Daddy for his race. I use the word 'run' loosely because over half of Luke's race was galloped/skipped. Adam sort of dragged him along.

While at the lake we got to join Dan and Meg and the kids at Zorbaz for some chaos and eating. It's a great place cause it's noisy and already dirty.
We fit RIGHT in!!


Naturally we spent quite a bit of time in the pool as well. Water temp is 83 so everyone is willing to take the plunge.

In the evening of the 4th MSUM hosted a kids bike parade. We were busy in the driveway getting the bikes all spiffed up for the event.

The bikes weren't the only decorated vehicles in the parade. Check out Josiah's ride!! He made it the whole way around a block. I went along to help him resist the urge to stop every time he saw a dog. This is a very tough task for Josiah. :)

The boys are poised and ready to ride.

No 4th would be complete without some illegal fireworks in the driveway. Josiah is deathly afraid of them so he was sent to bed. Meanwhile, Hannah gradually got over her fear of sparklers. what a miracle...

The big kids all took late naps so that they could stay up for the fireworks late at night. We went with Eric and Emily and found a great spot. Hannah eventually did fall asleep on my lap. It was a great day!

Hope yours was too!