celebrations galore

Saturday was my parent's 45th anniversary.  Congrats mom & dad!  We spent the day in Waconia doing some landscaping in their backyard and grilled for supper.  The weather didn't completely cooperate but we got as much done as we could w/the materials we had.  I was a dope and forgot to take a real 'before' picture. 

That evening we caught some parade action with the Lake Waconia Band Festival.  Before it started (near my parents' home) Adrienne was asked to help out.  Seems one girl was a no-show so they needed another to help carry one of several banners for sponsors of the event.  She was psyched, so we let her go "march" a mile in flip flops.  She liked it, especially the free food they gave her at the end.  She's the shorty on the right.

Happy Father's Day to Nate and our dads Howard & Duane and all y'all dads. 

This was a big weekend for (Nate's bro) Erik and Kim.  They brought Josilan home from Ethiopia to join siblings Ethan, Megan, & Teegan, forming their forever family of 6.  She's massively cute and we can't wait to meet our new niece in a few weeks!