Wednesday, July 15, 2009

4th of July Parade and Celebration at Kim's Home

Other than the crazy morning searching for the van keys, (which we still have no idea how they ended up in the knife drawer), we had a wonderful 4th of July. The kids were happy that we could see a few of the big hot air balloons going over our house since we woke up before 6 AM to go see them!!! I guess one of the hot air balloons landed in a culdesac right by our house a year or two ago?!? That would have been fun to see. The funny thing is I had everything all laid out Thursday night to go see the hot air balloons Friday morning. We had my family (Mom and Nicole) and some good friends (Jonathan and RuthAnn Gibbs) staying with us and we decided to switch and do everything on Saturday so we could stay up late Thursday night :). I should have been as prepared Friday night!

Anyway, we really enjoyed all of our company - Stacy and her family were here for a night as well and it was great to see them and their sweet baby Taylee. Stacy and Ryan took Nicole to Stadium of Fire, so that is why they aren't in the pics much. We enjoyed going to the parade (in the Subaru) with Mom, Kim, and Nicole later Saturday morning thanks to the Gibbs having some room for us to squeeze in! Kassi got a little scared when the sirens went off, but the kids loved the bands and everything else about the parade! What is a childhood without frying through a few parades now and then! Actually, we got rained on at the beginning which was kind of fun! The highlight of the day was going over to Kim's house for dinner. We got a few family pictures on the front steps before the rest of the family arrived and then we enjoyed a delicious dinner and enjoyed getting to know Kim's wonderful family better. We even got to play a little Holey Board, which is a favorite of Andy's Dad's. It was a wonderful evening and we enjoyed being at Kim's home and associating with him and his family. We are excited to welcome Kim and his family into our own and to become a part of his throughout the upcoming years! I've rarely seen my kids warm up to someone so fast - especially Jesi! As soon as Kim walks in the door, she is playing tag or something with him! After meeting Kim for the first time, Drew said something like, "He is awesome!" I think we all feel that way about Kim now! Hope you all had a great Independence Day!!!

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