Brewfest...

 Probably not the ordinary family fun event you hear people talking about!  But kids were allowed.. and ours weren't the only ones!  One of the brewing companies was offering a raffle for a white water raft trip... they brought a raft that was outside their tent.. best idea ever!  I wonder if they knew it was going to be a kid magnet.. we made our home base there.. the kids loved it and told us they wanted to go back!  Sweet!  Beer samples and fun for the kids.. couldn't ask for much more than that!  We learned that Uncle Brian and Aunt Roberta were going to be there with the boys.. as well as Grammy and Grampy.   It was also a great place to meet up with Melanie! Whom I haven't seen in over a year.. and the only excuse we have is that we are lazy!  So here is proof that we did in fact see each other...

The fun on the raft never ended.. if it wasn't an obstacle course it was a tug-of-war contest!

 Wipe my hands please!

At one point a guy came over to refill the raft as it was getting a bit soft!  The kids were fascinated.  I like this pciture because the kids' arm positions are mirrored.

 I wonder if Casey is a good food eater!  Because he had lots of things in his mouth that day!  Empty beer cups.. raft ropes.. Mmmm... doesn't get much better than that!

Cora wanted to join in with the big kids bouncing around the edge of the raft.  And if you turned your back for a second she'd be up there walking by herself.  Thankfully she welcomed handholding though. because she was getting tossed around quite a bit!

We were so close to Hodgies we could not skip the opportunity for ice cream! 

Cora!  Is this what you are willing to do for ice cream?  NO No no!  Dresses down!  Daddy already has a bullet with every boys name engraved on it.. let's not drive him to buy a gun to go along with it!

Cora is 4 months older than her cousin.. but she towers over him.  Little Casey is a peanut.. and Cora as you know tops the charts.. together they probably equal an average toddler!

After soccer, our town's Safety Day and the brewfest we thought for sure the kids would be sound asleep for the ride home.. not the case.  Can you say WIRED?!  The good news is that the boys at least slept in til about 8am!  Cora had us up early though.. there's always one!