Happy 125th Anniversary to Our Fire Company!!

Saturday, June 12, was our local Fire Departments 125th Anniversary Parade. It was raining in the morning, but by the time the parade stepped off at 5:30pm, the rain had stopped! The sun peeked out a bit, and it ended up being a great day for a parade!

A memorial to our fallen Firefighters in town.

Happy 125th Anniversary to our Fire Department!

We can't wait to continue the celebration at the Balloon Festival in August!

Hopefully it doesn't rain....

Memorial Day Parade

Keeping with tradition, we all marched in our local Memorial Day Parade on Memorial Day.

Anneli was very excited because she was marching with her Soccer Team and NOT with the Cub Scout Pack!! :) She was sooooo excited and had a great time! She was one of the only kids who didn't complain about walking, and walking, and walking..... Way to go "Glamour Girl"!

Christopher and Shaun marched with their Cub Scout Pack. Christopher had a great time too holding the pack banner and the American Flag!

Memorial Day Weekend!

I can't believe tomorrow is Friday already and I haven't posted pictures from our Memorial Day Weekend! UGH! This week has flown right by! Here is what we were up to on Memorial Day Weekend.

Saturday-Anneli's Princess Party

We were delighted that our family from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York were able to come down to Connecticut and celebrate Anneli's 3rd Birthday and Aunt Valerie graduating from Boston University with us! Thanks for making the trip everyone--in Anneli's words, "It was so much fun!" Anneli's Little Mermaid Cake
Chris and his cousin Alex playing!
Anneli, probably snacking!
Anneli, sitting with Aunt Amanda, blowing out her candles with her cousins Alex and Bryce and Aunt Nicole.Uncle Jim, being Uncle Jim, with Aunt Donna!
Anneli opening her "Princess Blanket" from Soup Mem & Ray!

Alexander, Bryce, Christopher, Anneli and Elizabeth, posing for a cousin picture! Not bad, considering 5 kids to deal with! :)

Shaun & Alex playing on the trampoline!

Uncle Shaun and Elizabeth (she's waking up from her nap in this pic)!

Christopher, Grande Memere and Anneli. Crazy kids of mine!!!

Soup Mem checking out Anneli's new "Peeing Puppy" from who other than Uncle Jim and Aunt Donna!

After the party, Aunt Valerie holding Anneli while Pepe chills and Christopher naps!

What a long hard day...

Shhhhh....naptime!

Sunday- Family Trip to Kent Falls State Park

On Sunday afternoon we took a trip to Kent Falls State Park. It was warm and the park was crowded, but we had a fun time as a family. We hiked up to the top and got some nice pictures of the falls! Good walking guys!

Monday-Marching in the Memorial Day Picnic and going to Lake Compounce.

Monday Christopher and Shaun marched in the Memorial Day Parade in town with Christopher's Soccer Team. He had fun, marching with his friends and throwing candy to parade spectators. It was a beautiful day for marching--not too hot and not too cold. It was just right!

Christopher's soccer team. Yeah--there are two other boys, but they didn't march--so it was Christopher and all the girls!

Anneli and her friend A picking up candy on the parade route.

The Plainville Soccer Club!

Meme & Pepe watching the parade from the second location!

Marching past the library...the last leg of the parade--even Anneli marched at the end!! (Christopher is #3)

After the parade we went back to Meme & Pepe's house and then jumped in the van and headed to Lake Compounce. Lake Compounce is a super fun amusement park one town over from us in Bristol. We buy season passes and go there quite a few times during the summer to swim, ride rides and sometimes to just walk around! The kids absolutely love that place!

That was pretty much our long Memorial Day weekend. It was super fun and went by way too fast! I love long weekends!