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4th of July

Sunday night we headed to Bruce to spend time with the Hovey clan. Great food and lots of fun! And a spectacular fireworks display courtesy of Uncle Don and Uncle Rolfie, who purchased a boat load of fireworks! Dustin ended up being our guy to light most of them! The guys got together with the neighbors and put on quite a show. At one point I think there were maybe eight of them lined up and they lit them up all at once. It was awesome!

 Grandma and Grandpa watching fireworks with the boys

Preston Rides a Pony!

Monday we headed to the Uncle Sam Jam at the Swiftel Center after Preston's nap (we skipped the parade this year in favor of him getting some sleep ... I think we ran him ragged this weekend). 

Preston got to go on a pony ride!! He was pretty excited. Until he got on the pony. We were the first in line in our group so he had to sit on the pony until the other kids got on their ponies. He kind of freaked out a little. At one point he saw me and was trying to reach for me and still hold on to the pony, yelling "I hold you, I hold you!". Once they got going he seemed to enjoy it, although Dustin said his knuckles were white from holding on so tight!

The horse he was on, named Buckwheat (which is what my Dad usually calls Preston!), was snorting the whole time Preston was riding him. At one point, Preston even yelled out a yee-haw!

After the pony ride, we headed over to the little petting zoo to check out a miniature donkey, some sheep, a pot-bellied big and some rabbits.

 

After all that activity it was time to come home and cool off with a freeze pop and some time on the swing!

Then we headed to Mom and Dad's for supper and some more fireworks. (We can't do any fireworks that leave the ground in Brookings. Bummer, right?)

 Preston got to help light some smoke bombs!

 He would light them and then run away, laughing/screaming the whole way. He thought it was the coolest thing ever, I think.

 The neighbors brought over their lantern so Preston and Allie could see it. We saw a couple in Bruce the night before. They are so neat!

There it goes! It took off and headed North and we could still see it maybe a couple miles away.

We were so blessed to be able to spend some time with both our families this weekend. I hope everyone enjoyed the 4th of July weekend as much as we did!