GC 2010 - Day 2

The day began with Lydia up and pacing the house waiting for time to pass so that we could go to Powells book store.  She reported having dreams about going there and woke at first light and could not go back to sleep.  So it was just Lydia and Grandpa for first breakfast of omelets which she devoured.  An hour later second breakfast for Ellie (French Toast encore) was equally enjoyed and then the older girls arose and we were finally off to Powells.

The enthusiasm for the destination was contagious!

And, I have more shots of Ellie once again since Lydia was less of a model ...


























The girls (all of them) had a great time checking out the possibilities and were tickled with their choices.


We really expected to be there longer but there was some intense decision-making in a short period of time and then they were anxious to enjoy their purchases...




On the way back from Powells we watched as a pigeon played chicken with MAX.  You can see the small blurred spec on the tracks in front of the train (on the right) ... fortunately the bird was experienced enough to fly away just in front of the train and avoid becoming a lasting impression of our time together.






With the new books in hand the next step was to make some cool bookmarks...


And of course, read ...

For FHE later after dinner, we read the history of the Star Spangled Banner and watched School House Rock stories of the history of our country and what Independence Day was all about.

We had a reading party until dark.












And then we enjoyed the fireworks.














The sparklers were a hit.

I found some really interesting and fun effects of the dark and slow shutter speeds ...

Another fun day at GC 2010!