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Everyone gets a bit spoiled visiting the Grandparents–and the grandparent's aren't always the ones doing the spoiling. James is sharing his Twizzler with Alex.

We went up Saturday and spent the weekend at my parents house. We wanted to visit our old church (and it's easier if we're already there), and I wanted to take the boys to the Upland Labor Day Parade (again, easier if we're already in town). We had our cookout on Saturday. Sunday we went to church, and spent the afternoon relaxing and at the local park. (If you click on the picture you'll see more, including some from our visit at the park.)

Monday morning, the boys got to experience a classic small town parade. We walked down to Main Street and saw all the fire trucks lined up at the start of the parade. I had warned Will it'd be loud at first, and it was. Alex hid his head in my shoulder as all the emergency vehicles went by. As soon as the last one was past, he perked up and started waving at everyone going by. Will covered his ears with his hands, but people at the top of the fire trucks were throwing candy to him. He quickly decided it was worth going for the candy (with one hand still covering one ear). We were right at the start of the parade and so the boys had LOTS of candy thrown to them. Will filled one bag for us and one for Grandma. He tried very hard to make sure they were even. The boys had fun gathering the candy and watching the tractors, trucks and people go by.