Yesterday in church I talked to the kids about memorial day and focused on the meaning of our flag. When I asked what holiday we were celebrating, one boy answered "Remorial Day!" I thought it was quite fitting in that on Memorial day we RE-member those who have died and sacrificed their lives for our freedom in this country.
Here in our little town, there is a huge festival that starts on Friday and goes through Monday called Boatnik. It is a festival to celebrate the river that runs through the area and it just happens to be on Memorial Day weekend!
Our weekend started on Saturday when we went to the parade. There were a lot of cars and boats and a couple actual floats with some marching bands thrown in here and there. Afterwards Care Bear asked if she could please have all the cars she saw and Jaco had a hard time believing that cars were really invented before 1960. Which reminds me that La-La asked me the other day if there was color TV when I was little! How old does she think I am! Anyways, The best float we saw was from Wildlife Images. They had a huge owl, a bald eagle, and a hawk.
The neighbor girls came with us!
Jaco reading between catching candy and watching the parade.
Sunday afternoon we went to the park to watch some very fast boats. They were so loud! The boat in this clip was going 173 mph! We even got to see the worlds fastest speedboat but it had engine troubles so we didn't get to see it in all it's glory.
Sunday afternoon we went to the park to watch some very fast boats. They were so loud! The boat in this clip was going 173 mph! We even got to see the worlds fastest speedboat but it had engine troubles so we didn't get to see it in all it's glory.
Jaco being silly with a pink cotton candy tongue!
Cute Care Bear waiting for the next noisy boat!
Then Sunday night, we went back to the park by the river to enjoy fireworks. After the loud boats, the booming explosions sounded almost quiet!
This morning we worked on the garden and cleaned house. We heard that the cemetary was decked out with flags so we went to check it out this afternoon. The kids were having fun trying to find the oldest headstone until Justin's allergies got so bad that we had to go home to get his medicine.
Finally, we ended our long weekend at the movies! We loved the first "Night At The Museum" so we have been eagerly anticipating the second movie. It was pretty good but we think the first was better. Maybe we liked it more because Care Bear wasn't as busy climbing all over and insisting on sodie (soda) and when we wouldn't buy it, insisting even louder that she wanted water from the fountain! She did better than the last movie we saw in the theatre but if there isn't constant singing and dancing, she just can't pay attention!
Happy Memorial Day!
This morning we worked on the garden and cleaned house. We heard that the cemetary was decked out with flags so we went to check it out this afternoon. The kids were having fun trying to find the oldest headstone until Justin's allergies got so bad that we had to go home to get his medicine.
Finally, we ended our long weekend at the movies! We loved the first "Night At The Museum" so we have been eagerly anticipating the second movie. It was pretty good but we think the first was better. Maybe we liked it more because Care Bear wasn't as busy climbing all over and insisting on sodie (soda) and when we wouldn't buy it, insisting even louder that she wanted water from the fountain! She did better than the last movie we saw in the theatre but if there isn't constant singing and dancing, she just can't pay attention!
Happy Memorial Day!
4 comments:
What a fun weekend! So was there color tv when you were little? J/K that is to funny. Love the re-morial day perfect. We had a lousy weekend of being sick, bummer!
Sounds like a really fun weekend. I wish Idaho Falls had more festivals like that.
What fun festivities. You guys sure do live in a nice place!
I seriously need a small town to live in. There is a lot that happens here, but everything is always too crowded! Just tell here, that "yes" you had color TV - but not color computers! We didn't even have the internet till I was in middle school!
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