Independence Day Celebration

A beautiful day!

Nope, the grass hasn't been installed yet. ☺

Phillip and Michael

The *hamburger people* happy that there is no line anymore.

Drew and Jay-jay wrestling in the grass

Ice cream!

The grilling masters

Corbin singing Star Spangled Banner

John Paul playing the piano

Emily singing

Dad playing the trombone

The fiddle group

Break on through

Cindy playing the piano

I just liked the stage and lighting

Choir singing God Bless America

Battle Hymn of the Republic

John singing Some Enchanted Evening

Brianna

Jessica and Nakia dancing Nothing Else Matters

John Paul and Corbin singing, and I just thought the lighting was cool.

(My favorite song of the night! JP and Corbin did a great job.)

Fireworks!

Strangely enough, Ella loved the fireworks and they didn't bother her at all, Aidan was scared and Kenneth sat in the truck with him.

Happy Valentines Day!

We tried to do a photoshoot and it was an epic fail, but we hope everyone has a great Valentines day anyway! ☺

In more sobering news: my grandma, Aileen Conrad, died this morning. She's been in a care center for almost 11 years with very advanced alzheimers so in a way this wasn't sudden or unexpected, and in a lot of ways I think we've all said our goodbye's over the years. I am worried about my 93 yr old grandpa though and how this is going to affect him. So if you would think of him and say a prayer for him today.

New Years Eve Bash

Pictures of how we brought in the new year (the few brave souls that ventured out)

We partied hard with board games and good food

and then Kenneth broke out the sparkling cider

Then we went outside and waited for the countdown and fireworks

and the partying continued

but I have two little kids and what little sleep I get is precious

so I went home and went to bed