One Awesome but Exhasuting Saturday

We started out this morning at the Overbrook 2nd annual fishing derby. Colin, Cameron, Preston and Quincy were all contestants.
Parental pride makes me mention that Colin was incredible today. He really had his eyes on one of the fishing poles that was to be a 'grand prize' but he took the time to help his brothers and sister, and even let them reel in a couple of fish on his pole when they were not catching anything. Ok, so he has a jr high attitude and sometimes acts inappropriately, but he is also very sweet, and a great big brother - and I did appreciate him very much today - and I am proud of him!

Quincy, Preston and Cameron all caught fish today. I think everyone had a great time.
Jim helped a lot with running the event, and he did a great job, along with the other volunteers to make it a wonderful experience for everyone.

Colin caught this 5 pound 8 oz beauty...

And won first prize for the biggest fish caught in his age category!

From the fishing derby, we flew to the Carbondale fun fest parade. Cameron's football team walked, and the high school marching band played. It was pretty fun, and the band sounded great as usual!

When the parade was over, we went to Topeka. We had dinner at Cici's pizza and then went back to the Huff 'N Puff Balloon Rally. Unfortunately, we parked on the wrong side, and due to some construction, we had to trek up a rocky dirt pile. We made it, but it was a little more hiking than we are used to - especially with a baby and a stroller!

We watched them inflate some balloons, and then watched the illumination after dark. I love this event! It is free, and a ton of fun. Not to mention that the balloons are beautiful, and the kids were very well behaved!

Since we had all this fun today, that must mean that laundry and housecleaning will have to be done tomorrow! At least the kids can't go back to school on Monday and say that they were bored this weekend....at least not on Saturday!