Happy Fourth of July

This Fourth of July, we took a quick day trip up to Ludington with Phil’s dad, to visit Phil’s Grandma Amsterburg. His Uncle Jan and Aunt Carol were there also so it ended up being a small family gathering. We had a beautiful day for a visit. We did not partake in all the usual festivities this year, we simply had lunch and visited and then headed back home.

Saturday we got up bright and early so the fam (not including me) could participate in the annual Schoolcraft 5 mile run. My sisters, their husbands and Phil all ran extremely fast in the event and we even won some door prizes. After the race was the parade…which I have to admit was a little disappointing this year. We made the mistake of setting up shop at the end of the parade, for those of you non parade goers, by the end of the parade, there is no candy left and most everyone in the parade has lost their enthusiasm. We spent the majority of our time planning our parade entry for next year… yes that’s right we are going to be a part of the parade next year to liven things up a little. The brainstorming included freeze pops, bubbles and some sort of choreographed Michael Jackson dance routine.

The runners (Gual, Annie, Phil, Nate & Jenni)

The sisters at the parade.

This was the creepiest parade float we saw!... Don't be fooled those are not small children... they are dolls.... I have no idea!

After the parade was a cook out at my parents’ house with most of the family, some swimming, a quick nap and then off to a wedding. It was a very busy day. The wedding was a lot of fun, there was a nice cookout and delicious cupcakes and then $3000 worth of fireworks to end the night. We unfortunately couldn’t stay to witness this show, but I’m told it was amazing. After the wedding we made it back to my parents (who were babysitting for us) and the family went to watch the Schoolcraft fireworks while Phil, Natalie and I crashed. Happy Fourth of July!