Hello, Celina Parade!

How many WBCL employees, spouses, interns, kids, and bikes can fit in the station van?

Three employees, one husband, one intern, two children, two bikes, and a partridge in a pear tree.

At least that's how many we squeezed in last Saturday when we traveled to Celina, Ohio for their parade! Ryan and I left the lake mid-afternoon and drove to Fort Wayne to catch up with the rest of the crew and then off to Celina we went!

Ryan and I sat in the farthest back seat, behind the two kiddos and the intern. The kids were so funny! One wanted to know why I had so many colors on my eyes {eyeshadow...her mom must not load up as much as I do} and both of them tried their best to get Ryan and I to kiss over and over and over so they could yell EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

 Though the weather at the lake was questionable at best, Celina was AMAZING. Look at those skies!!!  We were #31 in the parade, right behind the world's biggest fish! Ryan caught it.

 Because we are nothing more than overgrown children, in our pre-parade spare time, Ryan and I pedaled around on the little bikes.

 Funny story: We found a couple of portapotties {do NOT get me started on portapotties} and were going to take turns using them - so we could keep an eye on the bikes too. On my bike watching duty, I heard a voice say, "BEKAH!!!! Welcome to Celina!" I looked up and this guy was standing there and I said, "Um....do you really know who we are or are you just saying hi because my name is on my shirt?" LOL!!!

Not my classiest intro ever but I've learned that when you wear the name shirt, people will just start talking to you by name, and you wonder how you're supposed to know them...and then you realize you DON'T know them. They're just messin' with you!

Turns out this guy is a listener and knew who we were and he was even so sweet as to congratulate me on my recent marriage. I appreciated that warm welcome to Celina!

The parade started about 6:30, and Ryan rode in the van with Marion (our IT guy), Marion's kids, and Stephen, our intern. Jim and I rode the bikes...and we sure hoped Marion had a good foot on the brakes!! And we hoped the fish wouldn't have any accidents. HA!

 Jim, if you don't know, is on our morning team, and in recent weeks, I've been spending time with them fro 9-10, right before Mid-Morning. He likes to pick on me just a bit. {Just a wee bit.} He's fun though, and we enjoyed being bike buddies during the parade.

 Hellooooooo, Celina!!!!

 This was a HUGE parade. It went on and on forever and I think the entire state of Ohio was in attendance. They were so friendly. Really enjoyed spending time there!

And that was our parade!! We headed back to Fort Wayne {via McDonald's for some Monopoly fun} - and then Ryan and I went back to the lake!

My last parade for this year...and it was fun!