Hello Baldapalooza, Hello

You know how we've been working on a big fundraiser for the children's Cancer unit here?

It finally has all come together.

We have 3 stand-outs from the TV show The Voice putting on a

family friendly music festival on September 14th... plus some great bands.

To kick things off, some friends put a float together for our Eagle Fun Days parade.

We had this fabulous local band play through the parade and my two oldest

joined several other kids in passing out post cards.

Here's a taste of the band as we lined up and got ready to go.

Reese and I rode in the back of the pick up pulling the trailer.

So we had a perfect view.

 We figured we passed out a thousand post cards...

so now we keep our fingers crossed that folks will go to the website

and buy tickets or donate.

Here's a shot of all the folks who made today happen. 

Check out our website:  www.baldapalooza.org

for tickets and more info.  We are getting there.

Of course, none of us knew what we were really getting in

to until it was too late,

This thing has gotten huge... but it is so exciting and we are having

a grand time (so far).

Ask me if I still feel that way after September 14th.

Splash!

My, oh my. With school out, my schedule has gone out the window. We've been playing hard every day and now it's payback time. I've been up all night the past two nights. Both Reese and Kean have these awful coughs. So I'm back to doing middle of the night breathing treatments for Kean. I feel, today, like my head is full of wet, soggy sand. Gotta love motherhood.
Over the weekend, we went to the annual Eagle Fun Days Parade-- the best darn little parade in the country.
Besides throwing out candy and trinkets... and horses and clowns and old fashioned cars and... well you get the idea...

The second half of the parade is a "wet parade". Every kid from every corner of the county comes armed to the teeth with squirt guns and water blasters. The pick up behind the girls is lined with plastic and filled with water for quick refills.

The entire town turns into an all out war zone. Huge trucks cruise down the parade route completely dousing everyone in site (babies aren't even safe). Here's our good friend Mike Angus (disguised as an adult) taking on the kids who are waiting to take on a truck.

Reese doesn't quite have the "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" mentality yet...

But Mike does! He got about as much as he dished out!

Unfortunately, it's over all too soon. The girls are already plotting for next year.