Happy 4th of July!

Wow - what a day! This year's 4th of July was packed - we were busy from morning to night. In the morning, the whole gang came over: both sets of parents and Jodi and Sarah and we participated in the 2009 Paeonian Springs 4th of July Parade. The term parade is used loosely. There aren't enough people in P Springs to actually host a real parade, so instead everyone just lines up and walks about a half block to some patriotic music. Here are some highlight pics:

The "parade."

The most patriotic dog we saw.

The P Springs gang at the parade after-party.

After the parade, we headed back to the house and enjoyed some barbecue and swimming. Even Nuts and Griffin came over. We used the Bergemuda sign to collect hamburger and hot dog orders. Tom and Sarah played a game of Bergemuda baseball using the max liquidator water gun and Syd's pool toys. Everything at the house wrapped up around 2:00 pm, when Syd went down for her nap.

When Syd woke up, we headed over to Matt and Colleen's house for dinner. There were three other little girls for Syd to play with, and we had fun catching up with Matt, Colleen, Kristi, Nathan, Howie, and Margaret.

Around 7:00 pm, we headed back to the house for yet another party. The plan was to try to keep Syd up so that she could see some fireworks. Alas, that did *not* work. Syd made it until about 8:45 pm when she melted down. Boo! She was bathed and in bed just as the fireworks started. Oh well! Maybe next year!

More pics from this year's celebrations: http://picasaweb.google.com/tbergeman/4thOfJuly2009?feat=directlink