Laborious, Indeed

I'm exhausted from the long weekend. Here is a rundown of events.

Saturday:

Prairie Arts Festival

• (Doug worked a hunt)
  
• Funnel cake as breakfast (a PAF tradition)
  
• Strategies for keeping Elliott, Corgan and Kitty from being whiny failed
  
• Chicken on a stick for lunch (another PAF tradition, and it must be purchased from a particular vendor)
• Granted a reprieve when Jero agreed to take the 2 little ones back early
• Bought 2 gifts
• Kitty won 1st prize in her age category in the art contest
• Cotton candy

Post-Dove Hunt Cookout in Artesia

• A fairly new tradition, but very worth it b/c the people who put it on are golden
• (Daddy and Doug at MSU game)
  

Sunday:

Preparation

• Trip to Wal-Mart for some very last minute game supply and prize shopping
• Groceries for assigned dish
• Balloons had to be blown up, etc.

100th Anniversary Celebration at Church

• Arrived at 11:30 to get games setup (Game Chair)
  
• Mass at 12:30, said by Bishop (great service)
• Lunch at 2
• Games after (relay races)
  
• Didn't leave until nearly 5 pm because Mom was chair of cleanup committee

Another Post-Dove Hunt Cookout

• More hamburgers, this time at Jero & Penny's house
• Had the kids do more relay races

Monday:

• Chilled at the house for the morning
• Watched The Office marathon
• Lunch at Mom's
• More chilling in the evening

Please forgive the uninspired and uninteresting narrative that is this entry. I'm so tired from all of the above that a more interesting narrative escapes me.

In weighty news, no loss but no gain. So apparently, relay races directly counterbalance "fair" food. Not too shabby for Labor Day weekend!