Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Happy 4th of July, Part 2!

Happy official fourth of July to all of our family and friends! We had a really nice day today. Very mellow, but fun. Chris had the great idea to take the kids to the Elm Creek Park Reserve this morning, so we packed some snacks and headed to their man-made lake. We think everyone else had the same idea because the place was so packed! But we found a nice shaded spot and hung out for a couple of hours, taking turns in the water with Mira. It was nice to read and relax on the beach with Amelia.

Then tonight we went to the St. Paul Grill for dinner. Chris's mom works there, so we got a nice discounted meal. (Thanks so much, Diane! The food was delicious, as always.) Here is a photo of us after dinner.



St. Paul has a bunch of dinosaurs painted on the sidewalks, which thrilled Mira! We stopped to look at a few of them. Here are a couple we happened upon:




Yesterday, I took the girls to a local park and we had a nice picnic lunch there. Then we went into the community center, where Mira loves to ride the little rides there. Here she is on a couple:




And, of course, a couple of Amelia. She's wearing a dress that auntie Kelly sent from Australia in the first one. So cute! Again, sorry I can't get my pictures rotated!




Hope you all had a fun and safe July 4th!
Love, Michelle

4 comments:

kellymate said...

glad you had a nice 4th. Amelia looks so cute in the dress, just adorable. Chesney and logan like to ride those little rides also, but out here they are $2 a ride. so we only do it once a week.

Heidi Sue said...

Cute pictures!

Say, have you tried right clicking over the pictures before you select them when you're uploading. I have an option to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Heidi Sue

Michelle said...

I'll try that, Heidi! I'm on a Mac, but I think I have a similar option to Right-clicking. Thanks!
Michelle

Bonnie said...

Amelia is just darling in those dresses and she does look so much like Mira. I remember when my little ones loved to be on rides like that, some 40 years ago!!!!!time goes by so fast!
I also loved the family photo of you at the St Paul grill. You all look GREAT!
Love, Bonnie