This past weekend was full of celebrations…so much fun, food and laughter!
Friday was my birthday BBQ. Adam arranged for a wonderful BBQ which included burgers, turkey burgers, chicken and sausages! And if that wasn’t enough, for dessert he got a Sweet Life strawberry cheesecake….mmmm! We ended the night with some telepictionary! It was the perfect birthday evening…even though it was five days early.
Saturday was our “4th of July” celebration on July 3rd. I have come to learn that family makes holidays, not dates on a calendar. Adam and I drove up to Adam’s parents and met my parents, grandmother and aunt there. We snacked on appetizers and played badminton before dinner…watch out, Glen is quite good. Then we had a wonderful BBQ dinner (again, but no complaints here). And if I didn’t eat enough cheesecake the day before, we had a wonderful berry torte! After two days of good eating, I was ready to get back to normal eating.
On Sunday, I headed out to Harrisburg (about 20 minutes outside Eugene) for the morning. The Harrisburg Fire Department helped us out with our benefit breakfast, so I went out to help them with their event. I spent the morning greeting customers and helping out with various tasks. After the breakfast was completed, I hopped on top of our fire truck and was in the 4th of July parade. I was pleased to see many familiar faces from the Santa Clara fire district and from work, including one of my students. I was so amazing to see the expression on little kids faces when they see a fire engine! There is something so magical about a smile from a child.
This was my first time out in Harrisburg during the 4th of July, and I had no idea it was a day long event where the whole town, as well as neighboring towns came out for the celebration. It was so cool to see a community come together like this….and the community being basically the entire community. I think I will be returning to little ol’ Harrisburg in the future to partake in the old fashion 4th of July celebration!