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Fourth of July

We had a busy, but fun Fourth of July holiday!

Friday morning we headed out for Dead Lake.
















On Friday evening Dana's cousin Marie came out with her kids. Brynn had a blast playing with them. This is the littlest guy of the bunch. I could just eat him up he's so cute!







Must be getting close to bed time. :-)

 Dana and Brynn had stocked up on some fireworks on Thursday night, so they set some off on Friday evening.



A Fourth of July toast!






Little Captain likes to drive the pontoon.


Clara and Grandpa Don



Later in the afternoon on Saturday we went over to Tamarac Lake where my sister was at her in-laws' place. My dad came over, too, as he was waiting for my mom to come up to the lake after her holiday events in Carrington.
Having a snack with Papa Kim

The kids had these walkie-talkies they were playing with and it was so funny listening to their conversations.




Auntie Tessa and her two youngest nieces. Prairie Joy is Chad's youngest brother's daughter and only one week younger than Clara. It was so cute - they are exactly the same size.



We came back home from Tamarac late last night, so Brynn could get packed up for Cousin Camp at Weckerlys' this week. Well, it turns out Brynn will be the only cousin attending, so it's probably more like Brynn Camp. :-) The Weckerlys came and picked her up on their way back from the lake today and she'll be there until about Wednesday. It sure is weird not having her here and we miss her already! I know she's probably already having an awesome time. Thanks, Auntie and Uncle!



It was pretty hot outside today, so after Clara finally woke up from her three-hour nap this afternoon, I cleaned up the water table for her. I just used water from the outside faucet, so it was pretty brisk, but she didn't seem to mind. She's such a big girl now.





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carrington said…
Missed seeing you guys - nice photos!

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