It's officially June!

I can't believe June is here. The months are just flying by! We had a typical week. We played, ate and slept! Madison and I had the mornings to ourselves because I didn't have to babysit until the afternoons. The weather was so perfect that we were able to go outside at 8:30 am and go on a walk. The highlight of our walks, we sat and observed gophers for a good 30 minutes! Madison was fascinated! They would pop out of the holes and eat some grass, stop and stare, then go back in. We even watched one dig out a bunch of dirt and cover up his hole! Very interesting!

Friday evening, we packed up our family and headed over to Patterson for the annual Apricot Fiesta! We have all been looking forward to it for months now! Friday night was the pageant and so we went down there and spent the evening talking with lots of old friends and enjoying the great weather. My mom took Madison home after about an hour, she was tired and needed to get to bed. Blain, his mom and I stayed and visited, then walked home. It was an early start the next morning...the hot air balloons made an appearance at 6 am! Then there was the float my dad was working on for the parade, complete with the need to test the sound system! It was an early morning!

10 am was the parade and it couldn't have gone better! Madison loved every SINGLE thing about it! She waved at all those who waved to her, she danced to all the different types of music playing, she was so excited to see the horses, dogs, cars, tanks, kids demonstrating cheerleading and karate, and of course her favorite part...seeing Papa walking in the parade playing his guitar! She was so well-behaved, we were very proud of her! After the parade, we went and had lunch, walked around a bit, met with more friends, tried the petting zoo (she wasn't too into that part!) and then went back for a nap!

Madison dancing to the music!

My daddy jammin' in the parade!

After her nap, Madison stayed home with my parents and Blain and I went to the fiesta with some good friends of ours, Jason and Nikki, and did some window shopping at the booths. We then went out to dinner at a Thai resturant. It was so wonderful to catch up with them, it's just a shame we don't get to see each other more often! When we got home, we also spent time visiting Margie (blain's mom) and two of her sisters. Then of course, Madison's second favorite part of the day...fireworks! Every boom that boomed she was clapping and shrieking and looking at Papa so excited! It was a great Saturday!

Madison, watching the fireworks.

Sunday was the Community church service. It went very well. The music was awesome and the message was pretty good. The school gym was filled with members of various churches, it is so great when everyone can get together and worship as one. After we had some lunch, it was back to Monterey for a quite evening complete with dinner, a movie and ice cream! It was such a great fiesta!