Fun Summer Weekend...

Friday, July 13, was my aunt Carol Brown's 60th birthday. At about 4 in the afternoon Adam and Valerie rode down with us to Circleville, OH where her husband had planned a wonderful surprise party for her. It was a hit! They had an awesome menu (hamburgers, hot dogs, bratwurst, chips, potato salad, grilled corn on the cob, grilled seasoned red potatoes, marinated cucumbers, juicy garden tomatoes, and a whole lot more) and the pool kept everyone cool.
Thanks, Uncle Joe, for a great time!

Carol opens some gifts while chatting with her sister-in-law, Shirley Brown.

Grandma Yount, Mom, and Aunt Carol

Jonathon presented Carol with a gorgeous bouquet of 60 red roses. Way to go, Jon!

Roses
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Marian (Joe's brother), Uncle Joe, and Dad enjoying food and fellowship

Mama Yount was thrilled at the crash of the watermelon truck!

Kaitlynn and Sarah Ann after swimming

Still newlyweds...Aaron and Sarah Kennedy

I won't divulge, but this photo of Adam pretty much describes his feelings of the evening!

My cutie, Evan.

Cousins Sarah Ann and Valerie Ann

Ryan doesn't mind the deep end - as long as he's on daddy's back!

Daddy and Kaitlynn

Splashin' around

Evan and Daddy

Enjoying a good laugh

After arriving home at about 2 a.m. Saturday, we slept in. By 12 p.m. we were making our way to Main St. in Cridersville (it's only about 2 blocks) to get our seats for the parade. This is Fireman's Jambouree weekend, and boy, is this little town hoppin'! The parade was fantastic with tons of candy for the little ones. After the parade we checked out the homeade birdhouses up for silent auction, then took the kids to the back of the firehouse for carnival rides. Mama was generous and bought the kids unlimited ride bracelets. Ryan almost passed out on the "wildest" ride, and it put him out of commission for a little while. Fortunately, he seems ok. Those things scare me! Some of the little rides are worse on the head than a roller coaster. Anyway, we spent a great deal of today down there and enjoyed a great time. Greg and the boys just arrived home from the last event, a pyrotechnics laser light show. Hopefully enough money was raised to keep our little volunteer fire dept. running smoothly this year!

Waitin' on the parade to begin

Kaitlynn plugging her ears as the fire and police cruise by

We live on the street where the village guys do most of their work. This truck is a familiar sight out my front window...they pass by frequently, and Ryan and Evan always have to tell me the guys names.

The Village council members cruise the parade in golf carts. Greg hopes to have his name on the ballot in November...we'll see!

It was a great day, with lots of sunburn. Now all are appropriately coated with aloe ointment, and off to bed. I trust everyone has a wonderful Lord's Day tomorrow!