McEwens in Motion: A Happy 4th of July Weekend

Although we were disappointed to have to postpone our Vegas weekend trip until Labor Day, we had a very fun weekend at home. Dave and I spent part of the day on Friday finishing up cleaning the pool and getting the filter replaced. Finally on Friday afternoon, we started refilling the pool. It looks great and we are very happy we went ahead and drained it. Dave did a great job getting all the water out and cleaning! We are VERY scared of our water bill, but it will still be worth it when Joshua starts getting in the clean water. On Friday evening, John Hickox joined us for the weekend. He is at Stanford for a month taking a course as part of his medical residency. We had a great Indian dinner and caught up on Friday night. John was incredibly easy going with us working around Joshua's inconsisent napping schedule. We had a lot of fun!

John with Joshua (notice Joshua's latest Gator gear)

On Saturday we all went to the Orinda 4th parade. It was a very cute small town parade. There were an amazing amount of people there. John commented that he had never seen more kids in one place. That is Orinda for you. Mostly families and retirees around here.
Joshua taking in the parade after waking from a nap.

Dave and John intently watching the parade.

Joshua was more interested in the people around us than the parade.

This truck had a contestant from the upcoming "Orinda Idol" competition. I don't recommend a trip out this way to see it. ;)

After the parade, we walked up to the Orinda park where there was music, booths and this petting zoo. They advertised goats, ducks and chickens. We wanted to see kids pet a chicken so we stopped by. I stayed out of the crowd with Joshua, but Dave told me there was one chicken who was totally freaked out and just stood shaking. PETA would have been all over this. :)

John "earned his keep" by using the net to skim junk off the top of the pool all weekend. He was also the first to wade into the water.

Daddy and Joshua hanging out.

In the late afternoon, we went to Mike and Michaela's for a wonderful BBQ. It was a fun evening with great food. Poor Joshua was having a bit of a tough night because he is teething. However, all things considered, he was a trooper.

On Sunday we headed out to brunch which ended up being later than expected because Joshua decided to take a >2 hour nap and we weren't about to wake him.

After dropping John back at Stanford, we went to the Gottshalls to meet their twins for the first time. They were born on May 13th. Melissa's due date was actually June 28th. Joey and Annika are doing great despite their early arrival.

Melissa and Annika