Labor Day Festivities

The three day Labor Day weekend meant a trip up to Iowa for the family to take in the longest running Labor Day celebration in the state. Yes, Graettinger, Iowa has been celebrating the holiday since 1896 and has carnival rides shutting down the length of main street, street dance, games, tractor pull, and much more during the three day weekend.

The boys took on the carnival rides going down the huge slide, and taking a ride on a mini roller coaster. A local family also rode their horses into town and allowed the boys to sit and ride on them, which may have been the highlight for the oldest. We also took in a few pulls during the tractor pull; What kind of boy (or guy) doesn't like watching tractors? We also managed to win two kids bikes during their drawings for the two youngest, they've now each won twice meanwhile the eldest boys remains shutout (he wasn't very pleased).

We also celebrated birthdays for the two youngest while in the neighborhood of most of our family. This meant another cake decorating for the wife and I - I think we are doing pretty good.

We jumped straight into the week upon arriving home. With sunflowers reaching their peak and rain in the forecast we headed out for some family photos Tuesday. I've still got to pull them off the 'good' camera and process them, but for now here's a quick snapshot of the field.