We spent five days in Racine around the Fourth visiting with Andrew's family. Ella and Lily did surprisingly well on the drive there. And we arrived to Grand Tom (aka Bubba) and Grand Pat sitting outside waiting for us with an arsenal of vehicles, bikes and trikes for the kids to ride on. It's funny, as Tom put it, much of our time there was spent sitting around and then it would be hurry up and go to an activity. We discovered Ella LOVES fireworks. She saw two small fountain firecrackers that Uncle Ben set off in the backyard and there was no stopping her from wanting more. Lucky for her, we saw three separate displays during the week!
Sunday, we had a turkey dinner with Andrew's aunt Sue and his grandparents. Then Ben, Andrew, Tom and I played nine holes at Johnson Park golf course. After a nice kid-free dinner with Ben and Jenelle on Sunday night, we picked up Ella and visited with our friend Phil at Meadowbrook Country Club. We were treated to a very nice fireworks display and could just barely see the fireworks at rival Racine Country Club too. Ella got her face painted and saw a smiley face firework. She was in 7th Heaven!
Monday, Andrew played golf with his cousin Tony while the girls and I hung out around the house with Grand Tom. We played outside and Ella drove her Jeep around and around and around the house. We took Ella to the dentist for the first time on Tuesday. And she had a great time assisting in the cleaning of my teeth. She helped rinse and suction. She might have a good future as a dental hygienist. ;-) Tuesday night we had a great time at Ben and Jenelle's annual July 3rd BBQ with family and friends. Ella and Lily had a lot of fun playing with all the little kids that were there this year. And we were treated to some "sparkly" backyard fireworks from Ben and Tom.
It's the largest 4th of July parade in the state of Wisconsin. The pre-parade consists of every fire engine and police car in the area (this would be a great time to rob a bank!) blowing their sirens for 45 minutes! Then you wait a bit and the actual parade starts and goes on for three more hours. Lily decided this was a good time to take a nap. Wednesday, the big day! We went to the 4th of July Parade which just keeps going and going.We rested for a bit after the parade and then made our way to Uncle Nick and Aunt Lisa's house for another BBQ.
And then topped off the day with the third fireworks display of the week. We had a great view on the dock outside a friend's boat. These had to have been the BEST fireworks I have ever seen in my life! And I'm not exaggerating! They started off like a finale and went on like that for about 10-15 minutes. Then slowed down to one or two at a time for another 30 minutes and then finished with a great finale! It was fantastic and Ella got FOUR smiley faces! ;-)
After all those festivities we made our way back to Minnesota on Thursday. We really had a lot of fun with Andrew's family and my mom and Dave made their way over to Racine too. We're already looking forward to next year. There are photos on Shutterfly as well!
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