Holleboom Family Blog: Hometown Days

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Hometown Days

Kevin and I took Carson downtown on Friday night for Swartz Creek's Hometown Days. Its basically the annual town fair. I had hoped to go with Jaime earlier in the day on Friday, but found out there wasn't much going on during the day while kids were in school. Things didn't really get going until 4pm. Kevin was able to leave work a little early so he was home by 5:00. We had decided we'd take Carson out to eat to Burger King for a treat. He thought he was hot stuff drinking out of a juice box from his kids' chicken tenders meal. After eating, we headed downtown for a walk through the fair. We got to see lots of animals and Carson liked feeding the goats carrots slices. After visiting the animals, Carson had fun watching all the rides. He really loved watching the ferris wheel. He was too small for even the smaller kiddie rides this year, though. Maybe next year... After Hometown Days, we made a quick stop by Great Grandma Moore's for a visit. She was very surprised to see us and said it just made her day! Pics will be up soon in the albums.

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