For those of ya'll who don't know, the Grahn side of the family has a fun family tradition every year. We go to a rodeo in a small town near the Illinois-Indiana border every Labor Day Weekend. We camp for the weekend, and on Friday night the little cousins ride some rides at a small carnival on the campground. Saturday morning we eat pancakes downtown, then spend the rest of the morning going to rummage sales. Jimmy has added a great addition to the rummage sales; we now have a contest for the sales---this year the contest was who could find the funniest thing that you could attach some marital advice to. The object was to be given, along with the advice, to my cousin MG and his new bride JG. We had some pretty good laughs when everyone showed their items and gave their advice. Saturday night, we go to the rodeo, and the rest of the weekend is filled with all the little cousins running around playing together, while the adults get pretty competitive in cards, washers, wacky ball, and oh yeah, of course there's lots of great food. Here are a few pics from the weekend.
Corrina on the train. She thinks it's Thomas the Train (she's really into Thomas for some reason, although we're not sure why b/c she's never seen the show....anyhoo, she thinks all trains are Thomas.)
Picking frogs to win a prize, and the prize is....
a dolphin!
Riding the race cars with cousin PH.
Riding "Thomas" again, this time with cousin AS.
"Driving" the firetruck with cousins AS and PH.
Daddy and Corrina on another Thomas.
Corrina and Auntie Em in their matching jackets.
Eating pancakes with Pawpaw, Deedaw, and Auntie Anne.
Cousin ZH with his crazy hair!
Side view...very nice!!
Playing ball at the campsite
Cousin PH in her lawn chair.
Cousin ZH after his mommy fixed his hair...hehe...
playing tickle monster with cousin CS.
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