Potato Bowl Week 2014

There are so many things we love about living in Grand Forks! Potato Bowl week is just one of them. A week of events leading up to the football game and celebrating potatoes. 

It was a beautiful night for the famous French Fry Feed. Free fries for thousands! And jumpy houses for the kids.

We saw lots of friends from church, neighbors and students. Crosby borrowed a college student's hat and glasses:) 

 Next event of the week...the Potato Bowl Parade. A two-hour long, entertaining parade with LOTS OF CANDY! The boys loved it! We did too:)

 There were a bunch of old ladies sitting behind us and after a while the boys started giving all their candy to them. It was so sweet!

 And the final event that we attended was the football game. Tim has been mentoring one of the football players and he got free tickets for our whole family. The boys were pretty antsy and we only lasted about a quarter and a half:)

 But it was free:) They really enjoyed watching from the upper deck. Probably because they weren't confined to their seats.

 Go Sioux! I mean, Go North Dakota!!

Potato Bowl Week

We love Potato Bowl week!  

 All you can eat french fries at University Park. Plus about 15 blow up jumpy houses.

 Cooper found his buddy Mason at the park and they were inseparable.

 Good times!

 Two days after the fair is an awesome parade. It's about an hour and a half long with lots of marching bands, floats, fun vehicles and LOTS and LOTS of candy!!

Fort Collins 4th of July

We have spent quite a few 4th of Julys in Fort Collins over the years. Their local parade just keeps getting better!

 We got a prime spot to park our chairs

 They handed out mustaches and liberty crowns...good times! 

 Captain America made an appearance 

 Some great friends joined us...the Wurglers and Johnsons 

 We let the boys stay up for fireworks for the first time this year. Cooper was really sleepy and just sat on Tim's lap. Carter was wild and crazy and clearly overtired but having so much fun. 

Double Trouble, Triple Fun

Some random fun from the past month...

 Potato Bowl Parade! 

 Mom, will you bury us?? 

 A sweet, relaxed moment:) 

 We were without a dining room table for a couple of weeks and used a card table that was a little small for all of us. It kept leading to conflict between these two so I came up with a solution...

 ...If you are going to fight, you each sit at your own card table:)

 Their 1st bath all together...chaotic and fun! There were many other pics that turned out better...but this one is the most appropriate to post online:)  

A fun thing about the card table is that it can be picked up and moved easily to build a fort!

Potato Bowl Parade

Potato Bowl USA is a week long festival in Grand Forks. We took the boys to University Park on Thursday for a big french fry feed and this past Saturday was the big parade through town. We met up with some friends for coffee, donuts and parade watching! The boys LOVED it as there were probably 5 marching bands and more candy than they could put in their pockets:) The weather was beautiful as well-all in all an excellent family outing!

They boys trying to catch candy
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Cooper getting a better view on dad's shoulders

Sitting on the curb with a new friend

We love parades!!

4th of July Parade

Medora's 4th of July parade included a kid's parade where the kids got to walk for a couple of blocks and throw out candy. Carter wanted to dress up like Spider Man with a cowboy hat so we put Cooper in a costume as well. Why not dress up in an East Asia outfit while celebrating America's freedom!

It was such a hot day so the boys were roasting!

Carter promptly stripped in the street when it was done:)

Face painting was next...Tim was a bit upset that Carter picked a rainbow over a basketball!

Shirts off, on the table!

I know I was a bit excessive on pics this post but their expressions were just so great!