First, here is the amazingly shocking news. Paul got a 4 day weekend!!! He occasionally gets days off here and there, but lately he has gotten NONE (except the time he requested off to go to Yellowstone)...Until now, and then he got 4 days in a row off! So, we had a fun 4th of July weekend. Although, he did complain that he didn't get to go fishing or camping, he said it's okay that he didn't get to because he had fun with the stuff that we did.
Slip n' Slide Water Party
My little sister Marla wanted to have a slip n' slide party for the 4th of July...So, she bought a really cool slip n' slide, swimming (kiddie) pool, and sprinkler. The slip n' slide had 3 lanes so people could race and there were some pretty good races. Then, they set up the pool at the bottom of the play set slide and put the sprinkler at the top and we slid down the slide into the pool. There were also tons of water balloons for a water fight. It was tons of fun, at least while we were doing it...my body says otherwise now. My abs and back are killing me but it was worth it. We had a blast!
Fireworks Show
We stayed at my parent's house to do fireworks. My parent's neighbor always buys thousands of dollars worth of illegal fireworks and they put on quite the show. Paul spent $100 on fireworks, and Marla spent $50. So, between my neighbors fireworks and our fireworks it was a lot better than going to the park for a crowded fireworks show. The kids loved watching all the pyrotechnics...and then there were the pyros who loved playing with the fireworks. Everyone had tons of fun watching and lighting fireworks. We spent the night at my parent's house so we could go to Roman's birthday party on Saturday.
Roman's Birthday Party
In my Yellowstone post I mentioned that Roman turned 1 while we were in Yellowstone. This weekend Wendy and Spencer had his birthday party. They did a little pool party at a park with little kiddie pools. That morning Wendy, Spencer, and Roman flew home from visiting Spencer's family in California so they were all pretty much exhausted. It was fun. The kids played in the pools with some little ducks and squirt guns that Wendy had for them, they played on the playground, then we sang to Roman and ate cake. After such an action packed weekend we were all exhausted and Gabby fell asleep in the car on the way home and did NOT want to wake up.
4 comments:
you had a crazy busy weekend. But it looks like you had fun! Hopefully you can take a couple of days to relax and recover. I hope Paul never ever grows up!
Looking at the picture of Kaylee & Savannah walking on the curb to the mail box reminded me of when we used to do that when we were little!! How cute!! It looks like you guys had a blast. It's fun to be a kid again and do all that stuff but now we get to pay physically for it. I wish I was still able to run and jump and slip and slide without being so stiff the next day I can't move!! Happy 4th!!!
It sounds like you had an action packed adventure this weekend! Glad you had a blast with family. Your girls look so cute in their princess jammies! I love busy Holidays they always have the best memories!
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