Fun Days 2011

Last weekend was our town's "Fun Days" celebration. The main area is only about 5 blocks from our house so our neighborhood was pretty hopping. They had a stage that had bands on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night along with a 2 hour parade on Saturday.

 Grandpa Larry and Linda came up for a visit and it was nice to hang out with them. We took in the parade which was full of lots of really cool floats and great marching bands.

My boys enjoying the parade

 After the parade we headed to the carnival where Maddox tried his first carnival game and rode some rides.

He won!

First roller coaster ride. Though he doesn't look overly thrilled he actually really liked it.
We know this because he didn't cry the whole ride like he has done on carousels before. I think he gets
his fearlessness from me.

This was by far his favorite ride. We did it 3 times. I think this picture captures me pretty
well but, what you can't see in this picture is Maddox jumping off my lap and climbing the steps as soon as we stopped!

After the carnival we were all very hot so we decided to head out to a county park to cool off in the water. Maddox could spend days out there I think. He digs in the sand, splashes in the water, floats on his belly, and just plays for hours..... We love being out there.

Before Grandpa and Linda left on Sunday we were watching Maddox play outside. JR decided to turn on the hose and turned Maddox loose. He absolutely loved splashing around and spraying everyone. It was lots of fun till he figured out he could get us all wet.... not cool! :)