4th of July

Tanner's VBS had a family picnic on Friday at a local park. Dane had a golf tourney, so I decided the boys and I would attend this. Pastor Andy and his wife Darlene were very kind and providing to us. I brought cheddar sausage dogs, chips, and soda along to contribute to the abundance of food that was laid out for everyone. Cole loved hanging out in the playground which was a small distance from the picnic area and Tanner stayed with the group, playing in the bounce house and such. I was sometimes able to lure Cole back to the picnic area by sparking his interest in food or a drink. Tanner played his first 3 leg race, and the two of us with (separate) partners, played balloon toss and egg toss. Tanner and his little partner lasted a long time with their eggs; they kept tossing it back and forth, the egg often landed on the grass and would do a couple bounces, but their egg would not break. There must had been 25 pairs and Tanner and his partner where the last 3 pairs still standing with out a broken egg. I was becoming more and more convinced that their egg must be a rubber egg. But finally it broke. Wow.... way to go Tanner! Tanner also met a little boy that will be starting kindergarten with him at his school. We will have to see if he ends up being his classmate.

Early evening came around, the boys and I met Dane at the golf course. Cole noticed the golf carts and wanted to ride in one. Dane took all of us out for a ride on the golf cart. We cruz'd about 9 holes, the kids enjoyed watching rabbits prancing around, ducks wading in the little ponds, and the squirrels scurrying about. After dinner in the restaurant at the golf course we got home to watch neighborhood fireworks. Tanner couldn't handle the level of noise from airiels and cried to go home. Cole on the other hand, exclaimed, " ooo...wow.." after each firework.