Red, White, and Blue

Happy Birthday to the United States of America!  

That was the easiest way to explain the recent holiday weekend to the kids.  We began our weekend with red, white, and blue sprinkled doughnies (what the kids call doughnuts) from Dahl's!  This has become a regular Saturday morning ritual for our family:)  We relaxed all day at home in preparation for the West Des Moines parade later that night.  The parade started at 5:30, so we packed a picnic dinner to eat while we waited for it to begin.  Mike's sister, Meg, lives close to the parade route.  We parked at her house and walked with them to our spot, which her husband John so graciously saved earlier in the day!  The kids LOVED getting candy, seeing the fire trucks, getting stickers, and of course eating their candy!

Molli, Lily, and Mila

Miley chillin' in the stroller

Max so patiently waiting for the parade to start

Meg's twins, Elly and Addi

The 4th was a very low key day for the kids and I.  The weather was cruddy, so we just stayed in, played a board game, played video games, and watched a movie.  Mike was gone all day playing in the annual "Young Open" golf tournament.  This year, the "Young Open" partnered with "Children's Cancer Connection."  They were able to raise A LOT of money for this charity, so I think everyone would agree that it was a successful day on the course:)  We finished our day with dinner at Mike's parent's.  Usually we can see fireworks from their house, but the darn weather wasn't cooperating.  No fireworks this year:(

We enjoyed having daddy at home with us on the day of observance!  The video games got to be turned on before lunch!!  Mom's rule is no video games until after lunch.  Daddy said it was a special day, so we could!!  We hung out with the Dohrmann clan for the afternoon and evening, and that concluded our holiday weekend!

We hope everyone had a FUN AND SAFE Fourth of July!!!!!