Wild wild wild weekend!

I know, I'm slacking at my blog updates!!! August has been a lot of CRAZY! Mostly good crazy. :)

This past weekend was absolutely awesome and jam packed with fun stuff! Friday, we enjoyed a night of Denver Days festivities and euchre/pepper. Here is Ella with her rainbow face paint; she had a blast on the rides!

 Saturday morning, we snuck in a trip down the road to what will be our only parade we'll see this summer! We specifically went to the parade to see our very good friends in the parade displaying their church float. Turns out, they bailed on the parade!

Well, technically they didn't "bail." They were off having this beautiful little baby, Amelia. Welcome to the world, sweet little Amelia!!! She was born right on her due date. We met her on Sunday and she really is perfect.

 After the parade, we met up for a Gustafson family reunion taking place in Jesup. Great to see family we haven't seen in a while! Especially Gma Bev and Gpa Chuck who reside in Las Vegas.

Mid-reunion, the girls attended their friend Evelyn's 5th birthday party where they swam and played and ate great food! This is a cute photo taken by Lindsay of the swimming adventure. What seems like not very long ago, Lindsay and I were this age playing together. :)

From there, Ella headed to Gma and Gpa Cozarts for an outdoor movie with her cousin Jada. The night was full of fun, treats, and staying up late. :) I purposely packed along the parade candy since I knew my mom would keep them up late. She was really grateful for that. :) Erin and I returned to the reunion for more food, drinks, and laughs.

The next morning, Ella didn't want to go home after a trip on the lawn mower with Grandpa to go look for caterpillars.

 

 Bright and early on Monday, Ella started her first day of preschool. It went really well, and she was really excited about her new gig. After a hard nap on the touch (with Erin poking at her the whole time), we took her out for pizza and ice cream to hear all about her day! Unfortunately, Erin was sick so the celebration was pretty short lived.