On Friday, July 4th the kids and I drove over to the home of our friends, Matt & Tarah Hoffland, where we spent a fun evening. Matt and Danny had a session that started around 8pm, but they were able to join us for the last half of the fireworks around 10:15.
Matt and Tarah have been blessed with neighbors who have 3 baby-loving daughters. So, for nearly the entire evening, one daughter played with Kari Bou, one played with Leah, their youngest, and one carted Malachi around in the stroller. Yahoo! And their dad took Rach, Zekers and Anna out on the lake in his boat, which they thought was great fun.
We roasted (read: burnt) marshmallows, ate watermelon, and the kids got to do sparklers and smoke bombs. Then we had our own private fireworks, which were pretty impressive. And aside from one of them, which got set off upside-down and came flying at us, it wasn't too life-endangering.
Around 10 we all hauled blankets out and watched fireworks over the lake. Since it was chilly, I got to spend the whole time snuggling both Kari Bou and Zekers. (Malachi was inside sleeping and of course by now Rachel had become best friends with one of the neighbor girls.) It was a great way to spend our last evening at camp.
Boating on Rib Lake
Anna, Rachel, Zekers, Kari Bou, David, and 2 of the neighbor kids
Rachel and Anna
Kari Bou got more marshmallow on her hands and face than in her mouth!
The sparklers spooked Zekers a bit in the beginning, but after a while he became quite the pro.OK, only ONE more post about this trip, I promise! (I can't not post about Chicago!!)
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Or as Dietrich says, 'Pch-chic-ah-go'!
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