So the Friday before the 4th John and I took off work. We got to sleep in and spend the morning in the sun cleaning out the toy bins in the garage. John was planning on taking Joshie golfing, but Joshie had lost his golf glove, which he had to have or else he gets blisters. So after not finding it in the garage, we headed to the sporting goods store to get him another one. Kylie was actually being a good sport through this because she had been saying that she was going to save her money to buy a set of golf clubs, and that if she saved every week she would have enough money in November.
While we were walking around the store, I noticed a set of pink golf clubs that were Kylie’s size. I pulled John aside and told him I thought we should ask her if she wanted to spend all of the money in her piggy bank right now to buy them, and we would pay the rest. John agreed and when we asked Kylie she was super excited! So we bought everything and headed out so that we could get golfing!
My dad watched Ryan for us, and the four of us headed to a really cute little par 3 close to our house. I hadn’t been golfing since I was pregnant with Kylie, and it felt so good to get back into it. The kids were having a blast! We ended up playing 7 holes, which seemed to be the perfect amount for the kids.
That evening we headed over to some local fountains with some house church people and had a picnic dinner. The kids played in the fountains and ran around in the grass while the adults got to relax.
After that we came home and our neighbors had a fire, so we all joined them over there and roasted marshmallows and made s’mores. The kids were so tired from the long day, so my dad took them over to his house and they all went to bed. We stayed for a long time! We even sent the boys to get us Taco Bell because it was about midnight and we were so hungry! We ended up coming in around 1:30 AM, which is the latest I’ve stayed out in a long time :)
The next morning Kylie had gymnastics practice and Joshie had football practice at 9:00 AM, so getting up was a little difficult :) But we got through those and then headed to Joshie’s t-ball game at lunch time. After the game we came home and I tried to get the kids down for naps, but gave up because there were just not going to sleep. We spent the rest of the afternoon over at our neighbor’s house and the kids played in the baby-pool and the slip n’slide. The boys ran out and got us City Barbque for dinner and the day was coming to a nice end. Kylie was not feeling well in the heat, so she walked home and just after she went inside Josh came out and told us she had gotten sick. We packed everything up and headed inside. Thankfully she was fine…I think she was just really affected by the heat.
The next morning we went to church and then out to lunch with my dad. When we got home everyone took a nap :) After that we went outside and just took it easy…grilled hot dogs for dinner and just relaxed.
On Monday we got up and went to the grocery store and then came home and John and the kids washed my car and I chased after Ryan all afternoon :) That was pretty much all we did all afternoon, and then we grilled out a great dinner. John and I were absolutely exhausted by Monday night…we couldn’t even really gather up the energy for Front Porch Monday!
The weather was gorgeous (very different from the previous years) and we had a perfect balance of events and relaxing on this 4th of July. I was so nice to have such a long break from the normal routine!
1 comment:
I have missed you, ya know!!!
Love your 4th of July family pic, and the kids are so cute but hey look at you and your hubby!! A beautiful family that's for sure.
The golf pics so cute, the kids right into it, and yep I did see the pink on Kylie's!!
All the pics are great and sounds like you all had a great weekend, and great weather!!!!
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