Saturday we spent the first part of the day enjoying the sunshine at our house, and in the evening we went to a wedding for two of my dear friends Billy and Leisl (congrats guys!!). The wedding was at UW and surprisingly it was the first time we had taken Mckinley (or Kyan for that matter) on campus. It was a gorgeous day and Mckinley thought it was the best thing in the world to get to run all over the place. Unfortunately at the wedding reception Mckinley took a little stumble and came up with a few injuries to her face. It honestly looked like she had been boxing--her lip, gums and nose were all bleeding and her chin, forehead, and eye were all bruised. The next day she actually looked ok and things had started to heal already. Today she just has a nasty rug burn to the side of her eye and a bruised lip. Apparently once you turn two the stumbles and falls happen a lot more frequently (see her 2nd birthday party).
Sunday things really started to get busy. First we went to brunch with some of my family at Salty's. Which was so yummy--most people know that going out to breakfast is one of my favorite things to do. Is that weird? As always it was a little bit of a challenge with two kids (it's nearly impossible to crack crab holding a 3 month old), but luckily we had lots of family to help so that we could still enjoy the morning. We then let the kids play on the beach for a little bit before we headed home--Mckinley thought she would be helpful to another little kid on the beach and add some rocks to his bucket. :) Later Sunday afternoon my dad and his cousin came over to visit for a while. My dad's cousin hadn't met either Mckinley or Kyan yet (shame on him and me!) so it was really fun to get to introduce them. Kevin also thought it was a good time since they showed up with a cooler of "cold beverages". :) To wrap up our Sunday we headed up to my brother in law's for dinner and for some more cousin play time! It was a busy, but very fun day!
Finally we get to the actual celebration! We started the morning by going to a 4th of July festival at a park near my brother's place with both my brother's family and my dad and Leann. It had so much fun stuff for kids (unfortunately the lines were a little long--or ridiculously long--for the extra fun stuff. i.e. pony rides!). Mckinley as usual had a blast. She really like the bounce houses, even though she wouldn't bounce. See, Mckinley is still working on her jumping abilities so she had a pretty big disadvantage in that arena. She still thought it was super fun to sit in the bounce house while ALL other kids bounced around her (she literally was the only kid sitting down). Kyan slept almost the entire time and was completely content when he was awake. We ended the festival in the splash park--Mckinley was a little hesitant to say the least.
Don't mind that she is in her dress and we forgot her bathing suit--she doesn't know the difference!
We ended our 4th of July weekend celebration with a trip to my mom and Steve's boat. We first had a crab feast and then headed out on a boat ride to watch the fireworks. I so wish I had more pictures (none of mine turned out really well), but Mckinley thought it was SO fun. She talked to almost every boat that passed us, made sure every single person on the boat saw the "moon in the sky", and wanted to know that everyone was watching the "pretties" (aka fireworks). She stayed up until 11:30 without a single complaint! Kyan slept through the fireworks--maybe next year he can enjoy them too. Thanks mom and Steve for a really fun way to enjoy the fireworks with my family! :)
So that was our very eventful and very fun weekend, explained in a very long post. I'm so sure you all enjoyed the play-by-play. I promise that I will try and keep future posts a little more entertaining! Hope you all had a great 4th with your family and friends!
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