FUN WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011
We were thrilled to have my friend Tory and her two kids come play on Friday morning and stay for lunch. The boys and Emery played on the swingset, swam in the swimming pool, and played in the water table. Bode, who's 9 months, stayed pretty close to his mommy but also enjoyed the water! We all need to get together more often! Fun is always had! Thanks, Tory, for making the trip to come play!

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011
Lee took a 1/2 day on Friday and as soon as Tory and the kids were gone, the boys and I got ready to take a road trip to Cedar Falls. I had just found out the night before that it was Sturgis Falls weekend in Cedar Falls and thought that it would be fun to take the kids to hang out and enjoy some of the festivities. We played outside alot at Josh and Liz's with Josh, Liz, and Grandpa Freese. We headed downtown for the fun and a big wheel race Friday evening. The big wheel race ended up getting canceled for some reason, so all the kids that had shown up for the race, just rode their bikes in the street for awhile. They probably had more fun doing that then they would have with the actual race. Unfortunately, we kept Brady's bike back in the van, because we didn't think that he would do the race. Thankfully, he did get to borrow someone else's little bike for awhile to ride it around. Before riding bikes in the street, we sat and listened to some music in the park while the boys ate some dinner and we enjoyed eating some JR mini donuts, which are the best mini donuts EVER! Saturday morning we went to the Sturgis Falls parade and the boys absolutely loved it! We then stopped for some lunch and headed back home.

Eating dinner in the park.

Liz, Tyler, and Josh.

Tyler riding his big wheel around in the blocked-off street.

Grandpa Freese, Lee, and Brady watching Tyler and the other kids ride their bikes.

Brady riding someone's bike for a bit.

Playing catch with Josh and Grandpa at Josh and Liz's house.

This is a picture of Cali on the couch after we got home from Cedar Falls. Josh and Liz have a little dog, Parker, that Cali played with the entire time we were there. Cali did not move the entire evening on Saturday. She was exhausted!

Thanks, Josh and Liz for taking us in on such notice!

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011

BIG COUNTRY BASH

Lee and I left to head into Des Moines, with Megan and Brian on Sunday morning. We arrived in the parking lot of the Big Country Bash about 11:00. The concerts started at 12:00, but we tailgated in the parking lot for a good 4 hours. Grilled some food, drank some cocktails, and had and amazingly fun time! We could hear the music from our car, but we decided since we did pay for the tickets, that we better head on in to park for the concert. We had to place our chairs extremely far away from the stage and couldn't hear the music very well. After sitting in the park for a good 2 hours or so, we decided that we better leave because of the nasty storm clouds that were making their way in. Megan pulled the doppler up on her phone, and it wasn't looking good. And...I must say, we had much more fun sitting out in the parking lot tailgating and listening to the music than what we did while we were actually in the park! So, we did leave and then went to a Restaurant for dinner. We had such a great time, but are thinking that maybe next year, we just pay the $6 for parking and tailgate in the parking lot! :)

Thanks, Megan and Brian, for another great year at the Big Country Bash!