July 4th

This year we celebrated July 4th in Iowa with Kristin's family. We spent part of the morning at the annual parade in Scarville, IA which is just down the road. I think everyone that lives in the vicinity came out for the parade because there were several hundred people either in the parade or watching.

 

As with any parade, throwing of candy was involved, and Natalie got her fair share. She was deathly afraid of the fire engine sirens, so she didn't venture too far out in the street, which I was happy for. Her second cousin, Ellie, sat next to Natalie and was not afraid of the sirens, so Ellie did much of the leg-work for the two of them. Ellie was very thoughtful and gave half of what she picked up to Natalie. Natalie did grab anything that came close to her chair though!

 

Natalie's Great-grandparents came out to the parade, and I was able to get a good picture with them:

 

The rest of the day we spent at Kristin's 10 year high school reunion. Natalie had fun with all of the other kids, and blowing bubbles.