This year I was feeling brave and decided to take the kids to the stampede. I went with Lena, Laura, and Chloe. We dressed up a little bit (mostly Bentley who was really excited), took the c-train and arrived. We started with the dog show, which was really good, although Leo is a little difficult to hold and have him sit through shows. The kids quite liked it though, but were ready to move on afterwards. As we were walking we saw the end of the motocross show and I think that would've been one of my favorites. Deacon loved watching the motor bikes and the fire! Then we headed to the kids area where Paw Patrol characters were, and this was what the kids were most excited about! As we waiting in line to meet them, Sky was there so we got to see her, but when we finally made it though the line it had switched to Chase so we all got pictures with him. Then there was a Thomas the Train show that started so the kids watched that, as well as a story time with Chase. I ran and grabbed some mini donuts while the kids watched that and Lena watched them and Leo. We polished off the mini donuts and wanted more food so we walked over and decided to get snow cones (maybe not the best choice because they were pretty messy). Anyways, we decided to go see a bunch of the animals before we headed out. The horse building was pretty cool because the kids got booklets and at every horse there was a stamp for their book. They had fun with that! It was so so busy and I was getting tired of making sure I knew where my kids were all the time so I was ready to go after this. It was a little stressful, but I still enjoyed the stampede.
We also enjoyed 2 stampede breakfasts. One of them was because Jeff called us to tell us to meet him at one near his office. We had plans to meet Joce and Jeff at Treehouse, but decided to squeeze it in beforehand. Once we got there, we realized we were too late, and it was over (at only 9am). Luckily, we walked a little bit and saw another one going on at our Dentist's office so we just joined in on that one! Pancakes, eggs, and sausages. So good!
The other breakfast was at the church in Walden and we went with most of my family. It was a great breakfast as well and they had music going on so the kids started dancing to it afterwards and it was very cute. There were bouncy castles too but the lines were so long that we didn't try those out. Bentley had just had a sleepover with Brooke at my parent's house so we met her there and talked about how much fun she had. She loves sleepover's at Grandmas and really loves being with Brooke! Deacon was really good not being too jealous.
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One afternoon we all met at Chaparral Lake to play. There was some event going on so there were bouncy castles, a slip n slide, and food trucks there as well. The kids had a BLAST! They played in the sand and the lake for a really long time and I brought a picnic lunch. Then we headed over to the bouncy castles and the kids went through them multiple times. Deacon was brave and tried out the slip n slide full of bubbles...but then was a little sad when he got super wet and soapy. It was a little scary for him, but I was really impressed that he even tried it! Then we bought some popsicles and played at the lake even more. I feel like they could've stayed there all night, they were having so much fun.
Another day we met at Sandy Beach Park. We played at the playground and then went for a little walk. The kids played in the river for a while, throwing rocks and wading in it. I brought their water shoes and they had so much fun with everyone! Then we headed to "My favorite ice cream shoppe" that was really close to the park. The kids order birthday cake ice cream and Bentley and Brookie sat outside on a bench sharing one and chatting, it was really cute! Those two are adorable. Afterwards we head home because we had planned an adult date night.
Holli and Dakota babysat our kids so that we could have an adult date night. The kids were SO excited and told me they had so much fun after! They sure love their cousins. We all went to Earls to eat, and it was delicious of course. Then we went to a field and my parents had bought this "ginormous rocket" and for some reason decided to shoot it off that night. We felt like we were teenagers again and joked about playing grounders on the playground after. We shot it a couple of times and then saw a cop parked near us checking out what we were doing. We think someone called us in (maybe thinking we had fireworks or something?) and then when the cops noticed we weren't causing any trouble decided to leave. It was pretty funny though. Then we went to Tamara's house and played Code Names. I love that game, and it was just the first game of many in the summertime!
It was an awesome week! Jeff also met up with Jeff Fox one day at Spolumbo's and bought us a bunch of sausage. It's so good. We hung out at my parent's house one day too and then on Saturday morning headed to Ashley Lake, where we would meet Joce and Jeff there for another week of fun with them!
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