Monday, July 11, 2011

4th of July 2011

Our holiday started with the Graafschap Fire Departments annual pancake breakfast. Payton & I left Charley and Daddy at home because Charley was in need of a morning nap. Payton loves pancakes so she was in heaven. Plus Ava, Aunt Heather, Uncle Mark & Amma were there as frosting on the cake. She was able to see and sit in the fire trucks, got a fireman's hat, and a coloring book...that is a good breakfast.
We then made our way to Graafschap church to the car show where we met up with Daddy & Charley as well as a bunch of other people. Which is actually a whole lot more then a car show but that is it's official title so we will go with that. There are animals, games, carriage rides, barrel train rides, food, quite the ordeal and a two year old's dream.









The rest of the day was a day at the beach. Bryan, the kids and I took my dad's dingy out to the South pier for a nice afternoon. It was the first time we took the kids out in the dingy but they both really loved it. Charley feel asleep on the way back in and Payton was very close to doing so as well.



After great naps, we picked up some yummy Parkway and again headed for the marina to meet the Garvelink's for a picnic. After dinner I brought Charley to my parent's house so he could go to bed then headed back to watch the fireworks with Payton. We started this little tradition last year and now have to keep it going. They started a lot later then I expected due to the fact the sun sets in the west so it stays lighter longer. But it was ok she did great and Adi was there which helped with the boredom issue.








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