Yesterday was my kind of Independence Day. Partly cloudy and in the low 70s, mellow, and hanging out with friends. We spent the day at Dabney State Park on the Sandy River with a passel of our good friends and had a fantastic time cooking, eating, playing, and wading.
Imogen spent the first part of the day playing with leaves, grass, and pine cones (who needs fancy toys, anyway?). Here she is ecstatically waving a pine cone around.
Elliot and the other kids donned some groovy 4th of July crowns while waiting for the hot dogs to cook.
After lunch, a gang of us headed down the trail to the river for some wading and stone skipping. Here are Elliot and his good pal Jasper (aka Huggy the Bunny) throwing sand and stones into the river.
And here's Jasper doing some wading with Nadine and Christine.
Even Imogen got her toes wet and sandy.
But she much preferred being cuddled and adored by all from a good vantage point. Here she is hanging out with Christine.
And here she is cozy and getting sleepy on Mama's back.
Back at the picnic site, Soren and Wren found a toad.
The sun made a good showing late in the afternoon. Here are Elliot and Imogen enjoying the sunshine.
We spent the evening at home relaxing. No fireworks for us yet - though the big display in Vancouver, Washington is quite close to our house, so we could hear them just fine. Luckily, our new neighborhood is nowhere near as rowdy as the old one, so the amateur fireworks tapered off by midnight (Elliot slept through the whole shebang, and Imogen settled down as they were ending).
We hope everyone had as nice a holiday as we did. Now we're off to enjoy the rest of a weekend with no big plans (for once!) - woo hoo!!
Imogen spent the first part of the day playing with leaves, grass, and pine cones (who needs fancy toys, anyway?). Here she is ecstatically waving a pine cone around.
Elliot and the other kids donned some groovy 4th of July crowns while waiting for the hot dogs to cook.
After lunch, a gang of us headed down the trail to the river for some wading and stone skipping. Here are Elliot and his good pal Jasper (aka Huggy the Bunny) throwing sand and stones into the river.
And here's Jasper doing some wading with Nadine and Christine.
Even Imogen got her toes wet and sandy.
But she much preferred being cuddled and adored by all from a good vantage point. Here she is hanging out with Christine.
And here she is cozy and getting sleepy on Mama's back.
Back at the picnic site, Soren and Wren found a toad.
The sun made a good showing late in the afternoon. Here are Elliot and Imogen enjoying the sunshine.
We spent the evening at home relaxing. No fireworks for us yet - though the big display in Vancouver, Washington is quite close to our house, so we could hear them just fine. Luckily, our new neighborhood is nowhere near as rowdy as the old one, so the amateur fireworks tapered off by midnight (Elliot slept through the whole shebang, and Imogen settled down as they were ending).
We hope everyone had as nice a holiday as we did. Now we're off to enjoy the rest of a weekend with no big plans (for once!) - woo hoo!!
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