A Day to Remember

We celebrated the fourth with family which we are blessed to have here. Jer's dad and step- mom live here in Nampa- so the boys spent the afternoon over there playing (and napping- thank God!) while Jer and I, plus his brother and wife, his dad and best friend- Scrub went floating down the river. It was SO nice to just sit back and relax. I just imagined that I was actually floating in a pool at an amazing resort. It felt just as nice - to have no kids yelling my name and no responsibilities. We had a great time and then we went back to have a BBQ at the grandparents' house. The boys did really great with the long evening. We had sparklers and they were the hit.

Yes- they are both in undies- and yes, Ian is in 2t by accident and Luke is in the 4T. But I think they pretty much have the same waist size right now. They had been in and out of the pool- so instead of putting more dry clothes on- we stuck with the tighty whities. Luke looks a bit panicked in this photo- but he was just studying them closely.

Ian was in heaven while we watched the neighbor's show. We went home about 9:30 only to be met by our neighbor's having a HUGE show, accompanied by a large crowd on their lawn. So we got out the rocking chairs from the front porch and rocked the boys while they ewwed and ahhed at every spark. I kept hearing Ian say, "Wow!" and Luke would say, "I like it!" in the highest pitch possible. Jer and I just looked at each other with a peaceful contentment and we spoke through our eyes, Life is good.

We topped the weekend off with enjoying dinner/dessert over at my uncle's house (who recently moved here). His kids were all in town and so I was able to see all my cousins. (1st time in 8 years for one of them). It was nice to be near family and have the boys enjoy them as well.

Well ladies- I have been hit with the scooter card as well. It would be a better financial move than driving the mini-van to work. He must have been reading some of your blogs to come up with it. I hadn't heard about until after Julie posted her blog. :)I'll keep you posted.

Gotta work on some Habitt concepts for Jer. It's really hard to find time to do that amongst daily busy life.