4TH FUN

It's July 5th, and I've been living today in a fog.  I am not sure why our founding fathers didn't write it into the Declaration of Independence that we should only celebrate towards the weekends - not smack dab in the middle of the week.  It feels super weird, and since we also went to something Sunday evening, the twins have not yet made it to school on time this week. 😬🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Hard to believe, but last year we were on safari in Rwanda on the 4th of July (which was amazing!), but it was really fun to be home this year to relish the patriotic themed madness.



On Sunday night, we joined John's parents at their church's 4th of July celebration, which included lots of fireworks.  Other than Violet getting lost for about 4 minutes in the dark 😱, we had a delightful time.

(double fisting treats is the sure sign of a holiday)

On the actual 4th, John took Lily to run the Firecracker 5K in the morning - she got 3rd in her age division!

He then took the kiddos for donuts to give me a break before he worked a little bit, and I brought the kids up for lunch.

We then all got suited up and ready for a pool party at our friends' house.  They finished the new pool in the last couple of weeks, and it was such a treat to be able to party at their house!

There were so many friends there, new and old.  Our kiddos swam their hearts out.  We ate and watched fireworks from the pool.  All in all, it was about the best we could ask for to celebrate America's birthday!

Our kids were worn out and finally are at the stage where they are more interested in sleeping when they are tired than screaming.  It feels like we have arrived in that way, which I am so thankful for.

Happy Birthday, 'Merica!  Let's do it again next year.