Happy 4th!

We had a good Fourth of July weekend. We enjoyed the Pella parade on Saturday afternoon. It was blazing hot. Malik was pumped for the floats and candy. We were able to sit with the Gaulke's, so the boys had fun together as well.

Waiting for the parade to start...











Here's Brent giving Malik his bucket to collect his candy in (thanks Marion County Bank!)









Greg's coworker, Sherri, happened to be sitting behind us (under a tree and in the shade). She was kind enough to offer to hold Elias so that he could stay out of the sun.











The biggest hit of the parade was the Thomas the Train float-













Greg was finally able to try out his Smokey Joe grill that he got for Father's Day. The burgers were great!