As tradition would have it, the Steffen family came over from Princeville for the Fourth of July weekend to visit my family! I got the privilege of keeping a few of the girls over here, and the rest of the family stayed at Mom and Dad's.
Friday night we attended the Sperry Fireworks...a beautiful event!
Saturday morning we brought the girls to the Northfield parade since the rest of the crew wasn't going to make it to the Morning Sun parade later in the afternoon. It was our first-ever Northfield parade experience! The perfect parade, if you ask me...twelve entries, and then it was over! No sweating, no getting bored, and plenty of candy per capita!
For lunch, Matt and I broke away from the group to attend a Schulz gathering/reunion at Perkins Park in Burlington. It was a good opportunity for me to meet a few of his extended relatives that I had not met yet.
When we got back home after lunch, all of the kids were swimming in our pond. After cleaning up, we drove over to Mt. Pleasant to sing for a 99-year-old man who was on his death bed. It puts a whole new depth to the hymns when you are singing for someone who is so close to eternity! He passed away about a week later, and we were very thankful for the opportunity and blessing for both us and his family.
After supper, we attended fireworks in Morning Sun. Another amazing show! After church and a delicious supper on Sunday, the Steffens headed home. We had a great weekend making plenty of new memories!
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