Our first day in Pella happened to the the 4th of July and I happened to still have the flu. So I am not exactly sure of went on that day since I spent most of it in bed :)! I am pretty sure that everyone else went for breakfast at McDonalds and then hit the Pella parade on the square. It was actually a pretty cold day so it was tough to keep Cayden in his 4th of July outfit since it was shorts and a t-shirt but it was cute anyways. I had Matthew document the day with pictures!
Grandma and Cayden on her birthday (the 4th of July!)
Watching the parade
Collecting all the yummy candy-notice his hands holding some candy and holding his pants up!
Saying "hi" to the dog
Enjoying some of that sugary goodness after the parade!
Later that night I was out of bed and felt "well" enough to go to the De Haan extended family 4th of July party. I didn't have quite the opportunity to socialize like I would have wanted to but we were able to see lots of the De Haans! Since it was so cold and past Cayden's bed time we headed to Matthew's parent's house to put Cayden to bed and enjoy the fireworks from their deck!Sunday I was still under the weather but by the afternoon I felt pretty much the best I had felt in three days so we went to enjoy the sun at the park in the afternoon!
Daddy and Cayden playing
Cayden can never get enough of basketball . . . he suckers anyone into helping him out :)!
Trying to climb the climbing wall by himself!
Finally willing to go down a slide after months of not doing it!!
Walking around the park with Grandpa!
The next few days (I was thankfully better!) we hung out around Pella and enjoyed some sleeping in and playing outside in the endless amount of space in the backyard!
Cayden can never get enough of basketball . . . he suckers anyone into helping him out :)!
Trying to climb the climbing wall by himself!
Finally willing to go down a slide after months of not doing it!!
Walking around the park with Grandpa!
The next few days (I was thankfully better!) we hung out around Pella and enjoyed some sleeping in and playing outside in the endless amount of space in the backyard!Cayden loved playing with his bat and ball!
On Tuesday night after a pretty fierce rain (loved it!!!) there was a double rainbow. They were actually full rainbows but I couldn't capture the whole thing on my camera, but it was gorgeous!
More to come. I think I still have about three more parts to blog about. We just went so many places, I had to dedicate a post to each place we were at!
On Tuesday night after a pretty fierce rain (loved it!!!) there was a double rainbow. They were actually full rainbows but I couldn't capture the whole thing on my camera, but it was gorgeous!
More to come. I think I still have about three more parts to blog about. We just went so many places, I had to dedicate a post to each place we were at! 
3 comments:
Oh wow those rainbow pictures are so great!
I agree with Sabrine- love the rainbow pics. Sorry you had to be sick while you were traveling and in Pella; that is kind of miserable. Glad you were still able to enjoy some of it.
Wow looks like you had a whirlwind no wonder you wanted to just stay home and never see a car again:)That looks like an nice park in pella, cant wait till Riley can enjoy that stuff. I will call but I figured you would want to spend a lot of time with Matt before he goes back to school and wk. Hope you have a great rest of the summer and hope the AC works!
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