Happy 4th of July!

Katie modeling her decorated bike for the parade
Katie, Hannah, Brian, and Alec eating the yummy breakfast

Taylor, David, and Sean performing the flag ceremony

A little goofing off to shake the nerves

A few pics of the fireworks

Trying to keep warm during the show

Picking their spot for when the sun went down

Am I crazy for letting them up there?

We are supposed to have a heat wave this week, so before my upstairs gets so hot I can't go there, I'm going to get caught up from this weekend!

We had a great weekend - very busy, but fun! On Friday night, Aaron and I went to the Gold Class Cinemas in Redmond. It was put on by a money manager Aaron works with. This movie theatre was so cool! It was very modern and hip - we started off in the lounge area with drinks and appetizers then we were taken to our theatre with seats that were so comfortable. Big lazy boy type chairs with a small table inbetween. They even had servers come during the show to bring us more appetizers, a full meal and then dessert! We saw the movie 'Eclipse' which I enjoyed but Aaron could have done without. But any movie would be good where we were sitting!

On Saturday, we started off the morning with our annual pancake breakfast and 4th of July bike parade at the church. We had a great turnout and I love starting off this holiday with the true reason we celebrate it. I like the kids to understand that our country is very important and we should never take it for granted. We then set off for a few hours on Lake Sawyer and then had a BBQ with the Allens and Rick and Mason Thorpe, and then headed over to another to the Surprenants home to celebrate Monique's birthday! Then we went over to the Gustins to set off a few fireworks. On Sunday, the 4th, we had a yummy BBQ salmon dinner and then went over to the Camara-Manoel's home to set off more fireworks! It was a great show! Then we invited them back to our home to watch all the shows around the house from the roof! Yes, we are a bit crazy but the view was awesome! We even watched the Lake Wilderness show and didn't have to fight the traffic! There were about 20 shows going around us - best seat in the house! We will remember that next year!