Cristin & Co came with us to celebrate the birth of our nation, coal country style at Pleasant Valley Days. This rustic lake town parade throws the most trinkets and candy per float of any parade I have ever been to, and the fireworks aren't too shabby either.
Darin and the older kids did lots and lots of canoeing (they would have done more time permitting). No pictures of this because Darin couldn't paddle and keep the camera dry at the same time.
We had a cherry pie birthday dinner for my Dad.
We attended the parade, catching more than our fair share of treats & stuff.
We visited the park, which was a bit disappointing this year. It's hit or miss with the booths, sometimes its great, this year was sub par. They did have the inflatable slides. They gave us unlimited sliding for all 4 kids for the last 45 min for $15. We told Ben he had to make it worth the money, and he came through for us. He alone slide down around 20 times.
Of course the horse rides, Licorice and Blaze I believe were their names. No climbing wall, no train this year...whats up with that?
Regan and Vanessa came up to do some canoeing and fishing. They stayed for the fireworks so the kids (and Darin) could pile in their truck to watch. Cristin and I stayed happily in the cabin with the babies sleeping away.
