No, that's not a typo. If you're not familiar with the story of how our annual 4th of July get-togethers became "celbrations", check out my July 14th post from last year. I also started out writing this post reminiscing about how much our celbrations have changed, but then I realized I did that last year! But wow, it is funny to think about how the focus has shifted in the last seven years. Here's a hint: check out all the pictures (it may not look that way, but there were adults present). Left is Kasey showing off her skills; right is Sylvia - someone get that mosquito on her forehead!
The other thing that has shifted, I think for the foreseeable future, is the location of our celbrations. We are now delighted to be invited to the Brodd family compound in Cokato, which is only about 80 miles west of the city. Besides having a great waterfront (and a jet-ski!), lots of open space for the kids to play, and wonderful hosts, the fact that it's a short drive means we have been able to expand the invitation to include other friends.
In summary, we had a wonderful day. The weather was perfect, the food was extremely over-abundant, and the drinks were plenty. Here are a few shots that I think summarize the day well.
Sylvia loving life in the lake; super-Kasey!
Stuart and Zach discussing how to reassemble the tee
Zach hiding from Kasey; Sylvia fascinated by bubbles
Zach and Scott on the jet-ski; Zach's version of a thumbs-up
Zach and Scott on the jet-ski; Zach's version of a thumbs-up
On top of celbrating the birth of our country, we also got to celebrate Sylvia's upcoming first birthday. She did an excellent job demolishing the cake, and the red frosting really made for an interesting look!
While this may seem like a lot of pictures, I took just a few more. If you'd like to see all 128 of them, they can be viewed on snapfish: http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1431845013/a=86576253_86576253/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
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