Watermelon Days!

Kasey, Kelsey, and Brent made the trek to our house to make sure they didn't miss Watermelon Days in Quimby.  Watermelon Days has always been special to the girls ever since they were small so we always try to make it when we can.  Karley was still at band camp and unfortunately couldn't make it...  But Oscar went with us in her place...  ha ha...  Just kidding Karl!

Seriously though we did take Oscar.  We thought we should take Oscar to get him into a crowd situation.  He did great as always.  He wasn't so sure he liked the dragon kiddie roller coaster but other than that, it all went pretty easy and lots of interesting things to look at!

Wow!  So much to look at!!

So we did a quick walk through of the carnival and scoped out all the fun.  Looked pretty much the same as always...  Midway, carnival rides, gut bomb food, watermelon, and bingo!  Whooop!  So we did a little waiting around for the watermelon to start...

Kasey, Jeri, and Kelsey killing a little time before the Watermelon

Kelsey, Brent, and Kasey waiting for Watermelon

A helicopter came and landed...  That was a little random...  Then the free Watermelon started.  Everybody got their big hunk and dug in.  Seeds were flying!!

Then Kasey was convinced she wanted to win a poster so the kids scoped out the booth looking for the ideal poster.

Kasey decided she wanted a Superman poster and as she mustered all her dart skillz, she actually was successful hitting the poster she wanted.  Way to go Kasey!!
Then we had some wild late night Bingo action.  It got a little heated and we never did win.  Kasey was out for blood but alas, never victorious...  next year you evil Bingo stand!!

When we were finally discouraged enough to quit pumping our quarters into the bingo cards, Brent decided it was time for more food...  Kelsey and Brent had already downed a bag of cotton candy and Watermelon, but they hadn't experienced the Watermelon Days Funnel Cake yet...  We couldn't miss out on that!

mmm....  Powdered Sugar and Grease!

Then it started getting late and cool so we decided it was time to head home.  Oscar was pooped as well.  So, we wrapped up another Watermelon Days.  I was a little disappointed I didn't get to see many of my old classmates.... There were a lot of people I didn't recognize.  I guess nothing stays the same unfortunately.  But we all had a fantastic time.

It was a great Watermelon Days!!

Sunday, the weather was a little cool to start out with but eventually it warmed up to a nice humid June day.  Mike and the boys decided to take a little break from all their outside work and enjoy the shade in the cool garage for a few minutes.

Rasmus (or melon head), Mike, and Oscar

Mike took care of the yard work while the girls and I ran to Spencer for groceries.  Brent had to leave fairly early this morning as he had a trip to Chicago planned so he needed to get back to Minneapolis to pack so he could leave again.  The girls ended up heading back to Fargo at about 3:00 p.m.  It was a great visit and we are always sad when they have to go.
Finally though we had the opportunity to actually do some riding later this afternoon.  We certainly have some warming up to do.  Mike's horse Rev was a little goosey...  Lucy did great just like always.  At least we finally got that first ride of the year out of the way.  :-)

It was so nice, even the kittens decided to appear for a little while.  This was the first day I have seen them venturing outside.  The are still tiny little pip squeaks..

It was a great weekend.  Now as the weekend is winding down, I'm looking outside to a stormy looking sky. It's looking green and the thunder and lighting are really rolling!! Hopefully no hail tonight!  Keep your fingers crossed!  Talk to you next weekend!