Happy Independence Day! (part 1)

This morning we were up at the crack of dawn to set up for our ward’s Fourth of July breakfast. It’s a ward activity, but since we don’t have a designated Activities Committee anymore, the responsibilities were divided amongst the different auxiliaries. Of course, the Relief Society got saddled with ‘the food’, which really boils down to organizing everything. :) And since I’m the activities counselor in RS, it ended up a lot on my shoulders. Luckily, I had a lot of help from the previous Activities Chairperson, which was great!

So yeah, the hubby was at the church by 6:15am (geesh!) and I got there with W around 6:45 or so. (E spent the night at the grandparents because we didn’t think he’d do well enough at the activity, especially with both of us not being able to really sit with him. But don’t worry, he was being spoiled so he didn’t miss much!)

Thank goodness for the menfolk who came and cooked all the scrambled eggs and pancakes. The hubby and I had cooked the 18lbs of bacon and 13lbs of sausage at our house the night before, so we only had to heat it up in the oven that morning.

(Although cooking all that meat is another post in and of itself, my goodness! We had 3 pans on the stove, our oven and griddle all cooking bacon and/or sausage at once. It took us over 3 hours!)

Once we got everything set up, it went pretty smoothly. The breakfast was good, we didn’t run out of any food, and the kids’ bike parade was adorable. We had all sorts of red, white and blue decorations that the kids could plaster all over their various modes of transportation. And even though it ended up turning more into a bike race than parade, I think the kids had fun. Here are just a bunch of pictures from the day:

As you can tell, W was really excited to be in the “Race!” (as he called it). I was just glad he was able to pedal on his own!

Okay, this was hilarious – this little guy in the blue shirt was behind the adorable one in the hat but he wasn’t moving fast enough, so little guy in the blue shirt finally just whipped around him and sped off! It was so funny. (I don’t want to name names for privacy’s sake since this is a public blog and all.)

And here’s a cute little family that wanted their own group shot. I was happy to consent. :)

 

Overall, I’d say the activity was a success!

And now I’m glad it’s over, ha.