Fourth of July

old poway park.....my favorite little place, and they did independence day with style! we spent a morning enjoying what they called an "old fourth of july" celebration with live music on stage which we enjoyed from a lovely shaded tent (pictured above, can you spy granny and the kids?), lyons club sponsored dogs and beans, kids crafts and games, quilt show, cotton candy and ice cream sales, craft sales, train rides and bank robbery reenactments to name a few. what a perfect day, perfect weather, and great fun! i loved watching all the kids (and dogs) go by, decked out in their red white and blue.  grandma and i agreed grandpa would really have enjoyed watching the music from our front row seats and watching the people go by.

great-grandma splurged for ice cream for petey  - what a lucky guy!

when we got home we had a little fashion show fun with betsy while petey napped.

love her little modeling pose (she's actually pulling her own hair)

 later in the afternoon adam and emily came by for a visit and cookout.  petey's face sure lit up when those two came through the door, he absolutely remembered them and took to playing with adam immediately.  i think he was really excited to have a grown-up man in the house to rough house with.  adam performed daddy's trick of driving pete's red car around the back yard at mach twelve, jumping over the balls and petey smiling from ear to ear and shrieking with glee all the while.  emily enjoyed a cuddle with betsy, trying to remember that a little over a year ago she was snuggling with a betsy-sized petey while i worked in the navy. my how a year can change so many things!  thanks for a great visit, you two.  what wonderful friends we are blessed with!