Happy 4th!

On the Mighty Mississippi! The Boat was the Mississippi Belle!

I hope everyone had a good Fourth. We sure did. We have been so busy the last few weeks or 4th had to follow tradition.

We got back from Brainerd on Tuesday. WE had lots of fun. We got a boat ride down the Mississippi in, a baseball game(Duluth Huskeys v. Brainerd Blue Thunder), lots of waterparking(Hayden is going down the BIG slides with me now!), and some other great activities.

Hayden has been kind of naughty lately. He likes to hit. Yuck. We are trying to punish him but nothing works. I don't want to hit him back, but if nothing else works a little swat on the hands might be coming.

We hit up the parade yesterday. Lots of people! Hayden got more candy than Halloween! He was a giant sticky mess. There was lots to see too. After the parade we went out to Big Grandpa's cabin(Smiths) in Lake Nebagamon. It was perfect out there. Hayden got lots of swimming in. I got to take pictures of Maria, Hayden's 2nd cousin?? She is the cutest! Of course we had lots and lots of yummy food.

We went into Superior for the fireworks, which were a little disappointing. First they started early, we didn't have time to get our blankets or chairs out, and the Grand Finale wasn't so grand. Oh well. Thats what i get for dragging my boys into town to watch the fireworks instead of staying at the Lake.

We have the big family reunion this weekend for the Hansons(Right???) Grandma Sandmon's side of the family. So we get to see Jessica, who will be up for a week. We are planning some fun stuff to do! We are in a Golf Tournament on Saturday too!

Have a great weekend! Hopefully you took a long weekend!