Comotrekker: 4th of July!

This past week has really been a blast!

Thursday night after swimming, Taylor, Ian and I went to Central Park in Roseville at about 8:30pm. They were showing Madagascar on a large projection screen in the outdoor amphitheater! We brought popcorn and juice & we curled up in blankets together and enjoyed the show. There were about 20-30 other families there, too.

The kids and I spent the day on Friday at the beach. The weather here reached 91 degrees and there wasn't anywhere else to be but in the water. We went to the beach at Snail Lake Park Reserve because the sandy beach is one of the bigger ones around here, and we must have seen four or five LNFI families there that Taylor knew! It was good for her to see some familiar faces & she even carried on a few French conversations!

Saturday and Sunday were spent working on the yard and getting ready for the upcoming holiday. We did spend a few evenings sitting out with the neighbors, chatting and laughing about life.

Monday night we all went down to watch the fireworks that the Taste of Minnesota puts on down by the river over here in St. Paul. We drove the van close enough to see the show, but far enough away that we didn't have deal with a large crowd once the fireworks were over. It really was a nice display & we hope to get a little closer next year.

Tuesday, we all woke up early and packed up the van with tables, chairs, games, food and the grill. We set out for a day just down the street in St. Anthony Park. The best part was that we were joined by family and neighbors after the morning parade. There were hot dogs, ladder ball games (we learned that getting the ball in the tree is not actually 15 points), frisbee, the kids played on the playground, and the best part was watching the kids run the races! All of the family left around 4:30pm, and the four of us decided to stay at the park and grill out our dinner before heading over to Roseville for the fireworks. I ran home and got Toby since he had been in his kennel most of the day. When we got back to the park, we saw another doxie and decided to go and let Toby say hi. We asked the owner of the other doxie if Toby could say hi to his little guy and as soon as I set Toby down, the other doxie tried to take Toby's head off! It was a good thing that I had a good hold of Toby and was able to pull him up right away, but poor Toby was terrified! The kids were terrified! We were all scared of this other little wiener dog! LOL! We were also afraid that Toby had hurt his foot in the altercation, because he was limping around for a bit afterwards. But about an hour later he was back to running around on his leash and even got to say hi to some other dogs that were very nice to him.... one was even named Taylor!

Ian didn't have t-ball, and Taylor didn't have track on Monday, and there was no swimming on Tuesday. Taylor did have track yesterday and I was able to get some pictures of both of the kids. Enjoy and thanks for reading!