Burton Beginnings: Dumont Sandbaggin' Day

I always looked forward to Dumont Day when I was younger. Can you really beat games, a dunk tank, parade WITH candy, band/dance, and the list goes on and on...?? Well no, you can't. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong) But it's been a few years since there has been a Dumont Day celebration. This year, my mom took on the task of organizing the town festivities. She did a GREAT job!! It was called "Dumont Sandbaggin' Day" in honor of the sandbagging done during those summer floods that happen too frequently. There was even a relay race (that we missed because we needed to cool off in the air-conditioning for awhile).

Tyson and I both worked for a few hours Saturday morning and then took off for Dumont around 10am on Saturday. We met Wendy and Ava at my grandma Meinders house. She just had surgery earlier this week on her foot. She hadn't been getting any circulation to her foot so they did a balloon surgery that was a success!! We were all thankful because they were looking at amputation if the surgery had not worked.

After visiting with grandma for awhile, Tyson and I were off to the bags tournament while Wendy worked in the beer garden and Ava and my dad ate lunch and napped (my mom was running around from job to job and Josh was still at work). The bags tournament was double-elimination with a $230 cash prize for the winning team. Well....we lost our first two games so we didn't stand a chance at the prize. We had fun anyway!

After our 2nd loss

After we were out of the tourney, we sat around and took a walk around Dumont before the parade. I love parades that throw out candy (I'm a sugar junkie!!!). It seems like a lot of parades now (or maybe it's just CF) can't throw out candy anymore. What's the point of a parade if there's no candy?? After the parade, we ate supper at the ambulance shed and then us and the Malcolm's decided we needed to cool off at my parent's house before the evening festivities began.

As we were about to leave, the Smiley Train was taking kids for a quick ride, so while Tyson and I realized we locked the keys in the truck, Ava got a ride on the train!