For me, the fourth always really starts with our neighbors Driveway of Fire display--which was great.
This 4th of July we decided to stay close to home and hang with the kids. We started out with a great breakfast at Austin and Leah's house and then we walked from there to the parade route, which is just a few blocks from their house. We found nice, shady seats at Tautphas Park and enjoyed the parade.
After the parade, we headed home and the kids went to their Andrus family party. Kory and vegged--he napped, I watched a movie.
That night we had a bunch of people over--our kids, their friends, my sister's family, her in-laws, some neighbors, the Rowe's--you name it. Every time I invited someone else, Kory just kind of looked at me like....huh? But it worked out great! We had hot dogs and etc, made smores, played games in the back yard, broke out some sparklers and glow-in-dark stuff for the kids, and then hoped to be able to see the Melaleuca fireworks from our backyard. When they began, we realized there were too many trees in the way, so everyone kind of went their separate ways. I found a perfect spot just outside our neighborhood which I could see everything from. So, even though it wasn't perfect, it was a super fun evening.
The next day, we were hanging around the kitchen, and Isaac had left a thing of pop in the freezer. It was bulging at both ends and, of course, Phoebe had to know what would happen when she opened it. I should have told her to go outside, but I simply said, do it over the sink. Well, our entire kitchen got a nice spray of pop which Phoebe tried to clean up but we pretty much kept finding sticky spots for the next five days. Never a dull moment with our Phoebe.
Later that week, I tried to get some work on my dissertation, and decided I needed the most comfortable chair I could find.
This 4th of July we decided to stay close to home and hang with the kids. We started out with a great breakfast at Austin and Leah's house and then we walked from there to the parade route, which is just a few blocks from their house. We found nice, shady seats at Tautphas Park and enjoyed the parade.
After the parade, we headed home and the kids went to their Andrus family party. Kory and vegged--he napped, I watched a movie.
That night we had a bunch of people over--our kids, their friends, my sister's family, her in-laws, some neighbors, the Rowe's--you name it. Every time I invited someone else, Kory just kind of looked at me like....huh? But it worked out great! We had hot dogs and etc, made smores, played games in the back yard, broke out some sparklers and glow-in-dark stuff for the kids, and then hoped to be able to see the Melaleuca fireworks from our backyard. When they began, we realized there were too many trees in the way, so everyone kind of went their separate ways. I found a perfect spot just outside our neighborhood which I could see everything from. So, even though it wasn't perfect, it was a super fun evening.
The next day, we were hanging around the kitchen, and Isaac had left a thing of pop in the freezer. It was bulging at both ends and, of course, Phoebe had to know what would happen when she opened it. I should have told her to go outside, but I simply said, do it over the sink. Well, our entire kitchen got a nice spray of pop which Phoebe tried to clean up but we pretty much kept finding sticky spots for the next five days. Never a dull moment with our Phoebe.
Later that week, I tried to get some work on my dissertation, and decided I needed the most comfortable chair I could find.
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