We had a great weekend that started on Friday evening when we headed back to Gowrie. Brad had to get up bright and early on Sat. morning to ride in the annual Firecracker 40. This is a 40 mile bike ride to all of the surrounding towns around Gowrie. He always rides it with a group of friends that he graduated HS with and they have a lot of fun. They have many beer stops along the way to help them stay "hydrated." While Brad was doing that, Jaxson and I hung out at Kris’ house while she was showing many people her flower gardens. Gowrie was having a "Tour of the Gardens" and Kris was one of those stops. We counted 73 people that stopped by. After Brad got done with his ride, we hurried home so that we could get to our annual block party. Once again we had a great turnout and a ton of fun. We blocked off the street so that the kids could run wild and free. We had a ton of food and a lot of fun hanging out and talking with the neighbors. We met the new couple that just moved in three doors down and got a tour of their house that they are doing a ton of work on. They are very cool and will fit in perfect on our street. Brad turned in a little early, but Jaxson and I stayed up and partied until 11:30. Needless to say, we all slept in a little bit this am. We did get up and go to church, but then came back home for some more rest time. This evening we were supposed to have our monthly neighborhood potluck at the park, but it turned out being an impromptu BBQ at the Cathcart house when we figured out that only three couples were going to come. So we had the party and let the kids play in the sprinkler and enjoyed some homemade ice cream. What a great ending to a great weekend:)
Some of Kris’ gardens
Sounds like such a fun weekend! We need more pics of your growing belly… I can’t wait to find out what you’re having!!
Comment by Erika Holmes — June 30, 2009 @