If You are Going to Bring it....Bring it Big

Jess and I are exhausted from our Fourth of July fun. Yesterday our whole family marched in the Independence Day Parade. Our community has an annual parade and Jess and I stayed up late Friday night turning JAC's stroller into a Wonder Dog float. Cash prizes are awarded for the best floats and we thought we had a pretty good chance at winning. Jess even dressed up in uniform and Roxy helped pull our float in hopes of increasing our odds of winning. I even bought JAC a red, white and blue dog shirt for the occasion. Unfortunately, since this was our rookie year we didn't realize how steep the competition was. We were defeated by a gigantic paper mache' eagle, an over sized hamburger and some kids in a recycling mobile. We were disappointed but we've already dedicated ourselves to creating a much more spectacular float next year. Those little kids are going down.

We finished off our Independence day weekend by hosting a Sunday cook out for our church friends. We invited our small group and a few others. I thought it was going to be a small affair since so many people were out of town but we got a huge turn out. 16 people crammed into our tiny house. I used every glass and fork I own. Jess and I loved. It was invigorating to have so much company and great to know we have so many awesome friends.