This year Billy won the award for the 1st guest and most guests to arrive. He had a serious posse! School, taekwondo and neighborhood 13 yr old boys flooded our house. There was Xbox and a killer game of tag that stretched all the way to Lions Park.
Kay had her harem of girls and they congregated in her room doing hair and make up. Both theirs and Bjorns & Calvins. Another tradition. Make overs for both the boys. They also got their hair french braided this year.
Jimmy kept his invite list to a minimum with the Asian trifecta and James. (Noah & Kyle - the Kims and Jimmy's second family). They played Xbox and were great sports about the parade.
Adult wise it was a mix of neighbors, TKD parents, football parents, gymnastics parents, family, friends and anyone else we've picked up along the way. The highlight was cousin Paul and Nikki. They live in Alaska and we didnt know they'd be in town! Always fun to see them.
The parade was Grand Marshalled by Logan (5 yr old neighbor) and he did a great job of flag raising.
Tom out did himself on the smoked pork, homemade BBQ sauce and blue cheese cole slaw but ... we ended the party with more beer than we started with. Totally not sure how that happen but the Irish gods were smiling on us!
Tracy did yeoman's duty on set up and clean up. Its a lot of work but totally worth it!
Finally, we love all our friends and family. Its so fun that they celebrate with us each year. This year was no exception. In fact, Tracy's highlight was when she told our India friends that Jimmy was rebelling ....by identifying as Republican. The shock and outrage on their faces was priceless and it felt so good that they "got" it. Then Abhi asked, "fiscally or socially?" Good question (and typical of a finance guy) so far fiscally ... much easier to swallow.
Thanks all and cheers to next year!
The crew
Here comes the parade!
Logan in the lead
Awesome job!
Too cute
The girls
taekwondo
more taekwondo
jr high puppies
more of the same
neighbors
neighbors
the girls
football dads
neighbors
boat people
boat people part 2 
India
Work
Work 
Taekwondo parents
Asian trifecta + James
India moms
Work
TKD moms + Tom + Grand Marshal
