11/11/11

We had a fabulous day last friday! Adam had the day off and actually took the whole day off from lesson planning and test grading and power point making ... it was great!

After Grandma came over {Adam's mom} we all got our camping chairs together {for the Veteran's day parade later} and got into one car to start our day out with breakfast at The Mill in old town Murrieta. If you have never been there - you MUST go! They do breakfast only on Fri-Sat-Sun and it is such a yummy treat!

There was a lot of activity out on the street because people were showing up to stage for the parade and Bennett just couldn't stay inside any longer while we were ordering our breakfast {there was no one on the patio so we let him have a moment of independence... but just a moment}.

Look at that sweet little face ... and mullet! Ha ha!  {I cut his hair the next morning!}

Watching the Cub Scouts walking to me their "pack" {Adam did cub scouts... is that still something people do these days? I should look into it ...}

When breakfast arrived, Bennett sported an awesome milk mustache thru the entire meal!

Due to Adam's recent gout attack in his knee and my general huge-ness and discomfort we decided to leave the car parked at the Mill and just walk a few feet down the street and set up for the parade there. It turned out to be an awesome place to sit with a fabulous view of everything going on!

We spotted some friends from church just a few feet away so we all got a sweet "pre-game" show from these bouncy little boys!

Bennett also got to take their dog on a 10 foot long walk and he was the happiest thing I've ever seen! Almost made me want to get him a dog .... Almost! {We would have to move and have a "real" back yard for that to ever happen and lets be honest ... I don't want to ever move - so good luck getting a dog kid!!!}

The parade started with the annual fly over and shortly after that the fun started coming down the street right at us!

Bennett loved his front row seat! He waved and clapped thru the whole parade!

For the third year in a row the pageant people have had miss spelled words on their floats/cars. Last year I think it was the word "pageant" if I remember correctly ... ha ha! Do you see this years misspelled word?
{It's kind of funny and rather sad and makes you realize that stereotypes do exist for a reason - ha ha!}

After the parade, Grandma came over for a little bit but then she had to go home so we all took naps and then continued the rest of our day at our friends house! We had an amazing beef rib dinner with super yummy rice and potatoes and asparagus! What a treat to have fabulous food and company!

After dinner we played Pit {I lost horribly} and watched Kung Fu Panda

Bennett has got some mad Kung Fu skills he has learned from "Master" and "Pay-pay" {panda}! 

He was more than happy to show off for us all! 

Kung Fu Panda was followed with Adam's fabulous coconut oil popcorn {YUMMMMM!!!!} and Scattergories {which I totally kicked butt at!}

11-11-11 was a great day for us filled with fabulous food, family and friends!
What more could you ask for on such a "special" day?! :)