MRMRSmissmiss: all things 4th

so after weeks of working, planning, emailing, calling, ordering, organizing, -ing, -ing, -ing... the parade and all its fun and heat are over! I would have to say that for the limited time given us and the imposed (not volunteered) leading and planning, it was a success! Our church (Grace) strolled the westerville parade route with a beautifully decorated float and pretty spiffy shirts handing out 3300 popsicles, 1500 balloons and over 150lbs. of candy! It was quite the experience. It went by very quickly as we rushed around to the kids, but we certainly felt it by the end of the day! My hope is that we were a delight to a few, maybe drawing them to our church home and eventually to Jesus.
Afterwards we tried cooling down a little at our friends pool party. By the end of the day, the girls were OUT and unfortunately my westerville fireworks tradition was too. Pete and I stood on our new back porch steps and enjoyed them through the trees... not what I had in mind, but pretty romantic actually!All-in-all a good day with all things (3rd &) 4th..... although very thankful for a couple days off now to recoup.
some highlights...