Neighborhood Block Party

We had our 3rd Annual Ledgestone Block Party this past Saturday. We had a really good time! It's nice to live in a neighborhood full of young couples with young children. We have quite an array of professions in our neighborhood as well. We always feel pretty safe as we have a fire cheif, police sargeant, another police officer, a few nurses and now a pediatrician. So we do have a few connections and were able to have a couple cops come out so the kids could see their cars and so the adults could ask some questions, etc. We were reassured of just how safe Ankeny is. It's one of the safest suburb by far with the lowest crime! Yay! They also shared some of the weirdest calls they've had...very interesting! After the police officers left we had a firetruck and ambulance some for the kiddos as well. We have had a pediatrician move into the neighborhood in the past couple of weeks and she actually works at the same clinic we take Brady to. After some good barbecue it was time to put Brady in bed. The boys (Andy, Jon, Travis and Bryce) decided they wanted some 'guys' time so everyone came over to our house to continue the party. The ladies basically took the kids home and went to bed. We're looking forward to next year's party!

Hopefully this is the closest Brady will get to a cop car!

Brady sitting like a big boy with the twins (Joel and Jackson) and Jen

Sitting in the firetruck

Family photo!