Independence Ball

Our Indepence Day started with the Lake Forest Parade in our neighborhood. We dressed Sami up with red bows and a little shirt with a flag, Hannah put a flag on her scooter, and little cousin Brody came to watch (and get candy) with Grandpa Rick. Much fun, lots of people, and lots of candy!
That evening Diane, Hannah & I went downtown on the Max to PGE Park for the Beaver's game on the 4th of July (Michaela was at Peaslee's). The idea was to have fun, and check out the fireworks at the end. Hannah soon found the kids' aread and jumped around the bouncy house, had her face painted with a horse, and was adorned with a balloon butterfly... all before the game started. Diane had to have all of her favorites, pretzels, peanuts, snowcones, ballpark dogs, and lemonade. We got tired of sitting in the stands and headed down to an empty table in the Widmer Lounge. Right on the field, and a player for the Tacoma Rainiers tossed a ball our way, so Hannah got a game ball, and thought that was just awesome! After the game, the fireworks started, and we were in a great spot for that too. So it was great... until. It took an hour for a max with enough room for the 3 of us to get on. We forgot that there were 4 fireworks shows and the Blues Festival that night. Lots of people. But still, quite a fun time!