You've Got Male: 4th of July fun

We marched in our first parade!. It was the Parkville 4th of July celebration, and we were walking to support Scott’s uncle John. We had a wonderful time with so much of the family. Even the little babies had the red t-shirts. From the back row: Uncle Ben, Chris, David, Katie, Front row: Amy, BJ, Kelli, Brian, Luke and Patrick. What a good looking crew! Uncle John is in the background over Katie’s left shoulder. If you’re in Missouri’s 32nd district, John’s your man!

So much to report – we really had a wonderful time in Kansas City with friends and family, as we always do!

Joe LOVED swimming in Kolbe’s kiddie pool. He spent hours outside splashing around and playing. Finally, as bathtime and bedtime approached, we decided to just wash the kids in the pool. It was a pretty funny endeavor. Especially when we looked over and saw this:

Joe playing in the sandbox AFTER his bath (and before we got the pj’s on…) It wasn’t so funny getting off all of the sand from sitting in there.

The twins are enjoying and al fresco dinner. I think Grandma and Papa are very brave – no bibs even!

On Sunday, we had a couple’s shower for Brian and Kelli. The theme was “Stock the Bar” Guess who picked that theme? Girls have showers and we get each other blenders and unmentionables and lovely things like candles and bath towels. When the guys are in charge, wouldn’t you know it would turn to alcohol. I thought Kelli’s idea for thank you notes was pretty funny: “Thank you for the bottle of Jim Beam. It will come in handy the next time we want to get righteously drunk.” Nice one, Kelli! Glad to have you joining the family!

Joseph reading with Granddad. Grammie always has a stash of Joe’s favorite books (somehow she always knows just what he will like! Maybe it’s the teacher in her…)