4th of July Happenings

We enjoyed a great 4th of July weekend! The weather up here was beautiful, the weekend was relaxed, and other than the mosquitos, it was lovely!

Saturday afternoon we all went swimming for awhile and the girls love having Jon at the pool with them! On Sunday Jon spent a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the early evening helping the Sertoma committee with the downtown 4th of July activities since he is a Sertoma member. So during the afternoon we all went downtown so the kids could jump in the bouncy houses, explore the science exhibits, do the petting zoo, enjoy a funnel cake and we got a family picture taken. Fireworks didn't start until 10:30 up here because it's light outside until 10:30 in the summer.... so we found our spot at Lincoln Park, got all set up, and Emmy managed to say awake until about 10:35 - she enjoyed a whole 5 minutes of fireworks and then was out cold! But it was a great weekend and we all had a lot of fun. Sometimes it's really nice to be home and to not travel for a holiday.

Family photos in Grand Forks

Fireworks at Lincoln Park
Minnow races downtown

minnow races...

minnow races.....

Being "shrink wrapped" ... bria's favorite thing!

Water/bouncy house

water/bouncy slide

4th of July girls

face painting

face painting