Thursday, August 27, 2009

Elk Rapids

A few weeks ago we spent the weekend up in Elk Rapids with some friends. We forgot our camera (highly unusual for us, I know), but our friends took some pictures for us. We were up in Elk Rapids for their Harbor Days Festival. On Saturday morning we set up our chairs for the running race and for the parade later in the day. Drew staked out a good spot for us. For a picture of me, Drew, and Kate, this one actually turned out pretty well. Weird smile from Drew and no smile from Kate . . . typical.
Jana ran in the 10k road race and finished third in her age group! Way to go Jana! Jana has been running a little bit more lately and is getting into some longer distances. Our friend Mike also ran in the race and completed it. Drew, Kate, and I played on playground during the race :)
Kate was pretty excited to see her mom after the race!
In the evening we went to a fair and these pictures below were taken by our friends who were up on a ferris wheel. If you've ever seen paparazzi shots of celebrities in a magazine or something, that's what these pictures make me think about! You can just see the caption "Mark and Jana Aupperlee stroll through the fair at Harbor Days in Elk Rapids, MI. Jana is carrying Kate (1 yr) while Mark pushes Drew (3 yrs) in the stroller."
These last two pictures are from us waiting for the fireworks to start. Drew and Kate were great throughout a long day, but just before the fireworks started they both fell asleep! Jana and I watched the fireworks with our friends and we all had sleeping kids in our arms. What a great way to watch fireworks!

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