Well, it really wasn’t a bash, but it was a nice family gathering for our grandson Harrison’s fifth birthday.
The cousins that were at Russell and Cynthia’s house had a water balloon fight and slip-n-slide fun.
The rest of us ate and talked.
Harrison had all kinds of fun on Sunday. This was his third party: one with Mom and Dad on his day, one with school friends on Saturday, and finally with family on Sunday. What a lucky kid.
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This photo was taken during Camp Manzke last weekend. Can you identify the word depicted?
Today was another Saturday we were happy we didn’t have campers in our backyard. A Fast-moving thunderstorm that came through the area a bit ago would have raised havoc with campers and tents. Good thing it was just Bob and me here when it went through and we were safe in the house.
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I just thought I’d add a couple more photos from our family weekend.
Dave and Russell spent hours cutting up fallen trees on our farm. We are so thankful for their help and also for the help of Seth and Rob who helped pick up log pieces from the lane.
Now that our farm lane is clear of fallen trees Bob and I are able to drive down to our favorite viewing spot by the woods.
This photo was taken from our favorite spot last year. Any day we catch a glimpse of a whitetail or two is always a good day.
It was cloudy when our campout started on our farm Thursday evening. One tent went up, but Rebecca and Andy decided to wait for the rest of the family to arrive on Friday before staying the night.
The rest of the weekend’s weather was near perfect, a little hot, a little windy, but near perfect.
This is what our backyard looked like by Friday evening. Four families divided into tents and popup camper. One tent had just girls and the popup had just boys. A third tent had one teenager.
Bob and I stayed up past our bedtime to sit around the campfire with our family. We did not go into any tent. We went up to our bedroom where we slept with our dog and two cats. (Actually, we left Sunny our dog to spend the night in the kitchen with Rachel’s dog, Jade. That way they both had company.)
Early Saturday, we went to the Outagamie County Fair to see the animals.
In the afternoon the kids had a water balloon fight.
Sitting under the night sky, seeing shooting stars, and being with family was the best.
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