Happy July 4th!

Every year we go to the Brandon Parade to start off our Indepence Day celebration!  Coined (by us) "the hottest place on earth", we usually sweat through the parade while the kids (unphased by the oppressing heat) jump around excitedly as the floats ride by, and they never fail to gather up a ridiculous amount of candy and beads every time.  This year, we had overcast skies and even (dare I say) a refreshing breeze...and to top it off we found a spot under a huge shaded tree = Best parade day ever!  :)  

After the parade, Stetson (aka grill master) whipped up some amazing burgers and we basically vegged for the rest of the day.  I think we are still recovering from the busyness of the past 2 weeks!  When evening came, we met with friends and neighbors in the community square for music and fireworks.   Then we came back to the culdesac to hang again with neighbors on our street, and we set off a pretty impressive (and incredibly LOUD) display of fireworks for a entire hour!  It was a great day!  

Keith and Kelcie's Wedding!

I can't believe my baby brother is all growed up and married!  Keith and Kelcie had a beautiful wedding and we wish them many years of happiness together.  Enjoy the pictures!

Warner Family Bash 2013

The second round of cousins arrived on Wed, so before Keith and Kelcie's wedding, the whole family got together at one of our community pools and clubhouse.  We spent the whole afternoon there swimming and playing,  Stetson grilled burgers and dogs, and we had a huge cake to celebrate all the kids' birthdays together (half of the bdays are over the summer months).  Everyone had a ton of fun and it was great to relax together before the wedding!

The Cousins Are Here!

My little brother, Keith, got married on Saturday (see wedding post) and also that meant FAMILY REUNION TIME!  I have a big family, so it's usually loud and crazy in the rare moment that everyone is together in one place...but it's fun!  2 families arrived first and stayed at my parent's house about 2 hours away.  But they also spent a couple nights with us, so the "older" cousins got a chance to hang out.  We went to the drive-in and saw a double feature (8pm-1am), had a big pool party bash the next day (see separate post) and then went rollerskating aftwards.  We were all exahausted but had a great time!

Dad and his #2 and #3 (I will always be #1)

Emmer family (minus daddy and Kaya)

The Scoppas

Night at the Drive-in!

Ready for the movie

Cuties!

Summer Fun with Friends!

We have been really enjoying our new neighborhood!  We are closer to many of our friends now and have met new friends on our street.   We've already had many culdesac parties...even during the summer storms!  The kids love going to the different pools and the new game room has been a big favorite, as well.  Kealon has joined the local Soccer club and this summer is getting a work-out in the fitness camp while we wait for Rec League to start in October.
The Smith family came to visit after moving to Texas about a year ago!  The kids were SO EXCITED and they had a ton of fun swimming, skating, and just playing together.

2 cool girls having a snack in the game room

Can you tell someone got new sunglasses?

Enjoying the sunshine 

Taking cover from a sun storm during a culdesac bbq!

Getting ready to exercise while Kealon is at fitness camp

Smiths and Knights reunited! (boys tackling each other in the background)

Another day at the pool

Catherine and Haidyn in the game room--Candy Land!

Kealon gloating over a foosball victory

Julian got his win in ping pong :)

Night at the skating rink!

A little McD's after skating!  (I think the boys missed each other)