Family Fun

I decided I'd better get this done tonight or it might not happen for another week as the workload will be very heavy making up for the time I was gone.

Bob and Ann did a great job journaling about the time at Rainbow Lake with Daddy and Lois (and yes, we certainly did miss Larry and Galena!) and also about the end of the week with the Fair events.

I'm putting some pictures here to add to what was seen on The Wiles Farm blog:

The Rainbow Lake gang for 2009 -- Jo and Dick, Lois and Daddy, Ann and Bob

Here's the picture of Bob "petting" the hummingbirds. If I can get it to load, I'll put a video on of Daddy, too.

Here are Daddy and Lois waiting on the fish to bite.

A closeup of a Rufus Hummingbird. One of the R. Lake managers said that these come through for only a 2-3 week period and are more aggressive than the ruby-throated hummers that are predominant to the area. The rufus hummers would come around the feeders and drive everyone else away whereas the ruby-throated hummers would be more apt to line up all the way around the feeder like people bellying up to the bar!

Now on to the Parade!

Here's the Grand Marshall banner that was right in front of Daddy and Lois' carriage (below). They were co-Grand Marshalls of the parade with another couple from Leoti.


The "Cinderella" carriage was used to transport the Grand Marshalls through the parade route.

Here's a better picture of Daddy and Lois in their matching outfits to serve as Grand Marshalls of the Wichita County Fair Parade on Saturday morning. They drove to the starting point in "Goldie"!

And that's it! I'll try to add the hummingbird video on a separate blog in the next couple of days. I already tried once here, and it glitched.

As always, it was a wonderful time with family and friends, and we just wish we could have had all of our family together with us!