Raising Our Family And Trying To Remember It All: June 27-July 4

Monday, July 4, 2011

June 27-July 4

This week was a much calmer week. At least we had no doctor's visits for anyone, which was progress over last week. Even though everyone was feeling better, it was a really long week. By Friday, Todd and I were ready to crash and that we did. We enjoyed a quiet night Friday before getting up early Saturday for cleaning time. After two weeks of sickness and exhaustion, our house was looking like a war zone so I spent the better part of Saturday morning on a cleaning frenzy. Saturday was Todd's mom's birthday, so we enjoyed some yummy Olive Garden for dinner with the grandparents.

Sunday was all about chilling before the Mooresville Independence Day celebration. They always have their celebration the day before the 4th, which I never really appreciated before this year. Going out on the 4th is tough because of how late the firework are and Todd and I both have to work on the 5th. So, by going having the celebration on the 3rd it allowed us see the fireworks and not have to worry about getting up early the next day. We were a little worried that Aubrey didn't take a nap on Sunday, but we decided to take our chances and hoped she would last through the night. We loaded up the chairs and some chicken and off to Mooresville we went with my parents. We met up with Todd's parents and found a shady spot to camp out. Even though it was hot as hades, we enjoyed a picnic dinner and some family time. Aubrey enjoyed the bounce house and the petting zoo while we enjoyed some ice cream. The fireworks started at 9:30 and for the first time in her short little life, Aubrey was scared of them. Mom seemed to think the loud noise hurt her ears so once we covered her ears she seemed to enjoy the fireworks again. It was a long night, but Aubrey made it until 10:15 before she fell asleep in the car, so we considered the night a success.

The 4th was spent at home relaxing. It was too hot to even enjoy outside, so we just hung out in the house and stayed cool. Definitely not an exciting 4th, but I think its what our little family needed to start the week out on the right note.