Happy 4th of July weekend!

    We had a truly great 4th of July weekend!  It started with an awesome church picnic that many families attended.  It was so nice since that gave us a chance to meet many of our members' extended families.  We later attended the Fairmont City Band concert which was very well done and then watched fireworks on the lake.  It's been a while since we have had a normal 4th.  Matt used to have to work usually right around the fireworks time.  So I felt spoiled but thoroughly enjoyed it!  

Then Brent and Heidi came for the weekend which made me a trifle homesick, but I was so thankful for the time with them.  We tried to show them most everything and give them the true flavor of Fairmont.  That included going out to a few restaurants like Babbs BBQ which is really just a trailer but has a great steak sandwich and the Mexican restaurant and then also The Ranch with all you can eat shrimp.  We also tried out a few things from Hyvee's deli.  Yum!  I think I will have to join Weight Watchers.  But we are happy to have a few good places around here to go!

We had a great Sunday at church with 111 in attendance, the highest since we've been here (praise the Lord), and then drove to Mankato today to meet Matt's parents to celebrate Grandma Fure's birthday.  We had a great time with them as well!  Now back to reality.  I'm excited about a morning at home tomorrow before we tackle Matt's office in the afternoon.  I'm excited to fix it up.  It definitely needs some love and attention.  We are looking forward to heading back home in less than two weeks for Ava's birthday party.  She will be three!  Here are some pictures from the weekend.