Danish Festival '11

Leading up to Danish Festival weekend, Mary and I picked Grandma up at the airport in the afternoon. All of us had dinner at Applebee's and came home and surprised Grandma with a belated Birthday party. Simple with a few friends and cake and ice cream. It was a nice time.

Thursday we took a trip to Holland and had lunch with Sarah. It was so nice to see her. She finally has a desk and her room has taken good shape. We hope to visit her once more or have her visit us! Thursday evening we attended the Flag Raising for the Danish Festival and listened to the Danish Band Concert in the Park.

Friday afternoon Matthew took Gma down to the Fairy Tale parade and I met up with them a little later. Eventually we attended the Big Band concert that was great! Nice evening weather to boot!

Today we started out early for the craft shows and saw lots of stuff and only bought a few things! The Grand Danske Parade started at 11 am and we had excellent attendance of friends on our lawn to watch the parade go by our house. God blessed us with dry weather until right after the parade was over. Then a severe thunderstorm went through with dark skies, thunder and lightning. By evening the sun was back out and we were able to attend part of one concert and then thoroughly enjoyed the Horns of Power Concert. Great music and some awesome singing, including Brandon singing "Come Fly With Me" with the band. He was great.

Now we are back at home, getting ready for church, played a game of scrabble and plan for another busy day. Dave and Leslie are coming tomorrow for an overnight, and we will be decorating for Pandamania, our church's VBS! It starts Monday. Yikes!

That's all for now...

Gracie