July 4 in Door County

Friday:
We packed up and left for Door County bright and early. Kelsey kept saying "we go on a trip." I felt like we had the entire house with us because the car was so full! It was about 6 1/2 hours of driving to get there. We did make a few stops along the way to help break up the drive for Kelsey. Between naps, books, movies, and snacks, she was such a good traveler. We have not been to Door County in a few years, so we were pretty excited to have the opportunity to see my dad and Chris and enjoy the ease of a vacation. Once we got settled in, we made our way downtown to do a little sight seeing and stop for ice cream.


The rest of the night was settling in and playing with grandma and grandpa.

Saturday:
Today was Matt's 30th birthday! Happy birthday!!! My dad and Matt got up early and went golfing to begin the celebration. When they returned, we took Kelsey swimming. We were the only ones in the pool, so Kelsey and Daddy were able to splash at will.

After their refreshing dip, we went to lunch at the Wild Tomato. We ordered a yummy fire grilled pizza that was absolutely delicious.


Once our tummies were full, we walked main street. The weather was gorgeous. We went into a ton of cute shops, walked by the water, stopped for a Hawaiian shaved ice and took in the scenery. My dad and Chris call it "Door County time" when they are up there because everything is so laid back and there is no hustle and bustle of everyday life. We just went where we wanted, when we wanted to and had very few plans except to relax.


When we got home, we went back to the pool for round #2.

Later that afternoon we grilled out for Mattey's birthday. Our friends Paul and Mary were able to join us too. Kelsey is getting good at singing Happy Birthday and kept telling Matt "Happy Birthday, Daddy" over and over. It was very sweet. We were able to enjoy each other's company for the rest of the evening. We even squeezed in a game of Farkle and the birthday boy won.



Sunday:


We began Sunday morning with breakfast at the White Gull Inn. They recently won a contest on Good Morning America for the Best Breakfast in America. The entree that won was Door County Stuffed Cherry French Toast. No surprise that I had to order and see for myself. In a word- YUM!!! No wonder it won. It was so delicious! Chris's son and daughter-in-law went to breakfast with us because my dad and Chris watched their daughter Stella from Friday night-Sunday morning.

We made our way to Egg Harbor that afternoon for a parade. It was pretty hot outside, so we of course had to eat ice cream while we waited.

We also took a walk down by the water. Funny story: We wanted to get a picture by the water so we took Kelsey out of the stroller, and gave my dad the camera. We were standing on a dock, and just before we took the picture, the stroller started to roll and was about 1 wheel away from landing in the lake. Pretty silly! We did manage to get a great family picture.


The parade finally began and Kelsey really liked it. She was a sweaty mess, but she didn't care.

Toward the end of the parade, she wanted to be put down, so we laid her in the stroller and she fell right to sleep.

That night we went to watch fireworks. Before we left, we tried a few sparklers of our own. Kelsey called them "sparkles."
Once downtown, we found a great spot on the beach to watch them. We had some time, so we did a little more walking around. We even went on a bike ride. It was fun and Kelsey loved it!

Once it was dark, the fireworks began and they were beautiful over the water.

What a great July 4th!

Monday:
We packed up early and left for home. Kelsey was sad to leave Grandma and Grandpa, as were we. We had a wonderful time with them! It was the perfect trip :)