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ahh....the blueberry!


it was once again blueberry festival time this past weekend! there is always much anticipation in our small town when half a million people make their way here. by about mid-week the carnies roll in and the tents start to go up. it really kind of baffles me - this blueberry craze!!
now it is always fun. i go and have a blast. hubby prefers to stay home so i leave him here. this year, mapboy and princess were very eager. i'm not sure why. i think it has to do with the pep-rally the mayor hosted at their school. oh yes, we have pep rallies for the blueberry! weird? definitely! this year blue went green so we were all about recycling the billions of coke cups, water bottles, food containers, etc...
hubby had to work at a youth event on friday so the kids and i ventured in for county only night. we went with my parents. princess and i had ice cream made by local dairy farmers (bought off my cousin this year!). mapboy had a taco from a local latino church and we listened to some big band music at my old elementary school. we saw lots of friends and of course our cousins! stopped by to hang with hubby and then home to bed.
hubby blessed me on saturday by sending me off to look with dear friend. we had a blast - we just wandered and she bought some items for her bathrooms (which look great, dear friend!) then we splurged and ate some spiral spuds. they are a veggie - fried in something but nevertheless a veggie!!
of course there was the chicken dinner at my folks for sunday lunch. then the evening gathering back at the folks for fireworks and homemade ice cream. then monday was the parade and of course it had to be about 90! thankful for good friends to help the parade time pass quicker than way too slow.
the weekend came to an end with a cookout at dear friends with some of our other dear friends. the kids and dads swam then we ate and the kids played in the dirt and then we parted ways for another week of school!
so, all in all, i enjoyed the big blueberry! but, i think i'm getting older. you see the fireworks were, well, just okay this year. or else our partial view of the mt. rushmore extavaganza left these looking pathetic. and the parade seemed a bit disappointing...
but wait, cousin, denver, yes from denver and the mile high orchestra, was back in town for a performance...and not just that but i chatted with adam, trumpet player at church and was surprised to find the 2 of them the parade marshalls this year!! our theme was hometown heroes. they came in second to the service men and fire department, but local heros none the less!!!
so there you have it...my feelings on the holiday weekend! full of fun, late nights, and ice cream.....

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