Happy 4th of July

Happy Birthday to Ms. Brockway, who turned 4 yesterday.  Look at how cute my puppy was!

Well my relaxing weekend in Coleman turned into a go, go, go weekend.  But honestly that's my style, so it was ok.  On Saturday it was just us and grandma and grandpa, so we went to the NEW Zoo in the heat of the day.  On our way home we stopped for some ice cream, except Adam had yogurt.  Then we ran around in the sprinklers until it was time for dinner, pork chops on the grill.  Adam was not a fan of the sprinkler at first, but after watching mommy and daddy make it look like fun and holding our hand the first few times he was hooked.  Being a parent really does allow you to become a child again, because I would have never guessed running through a sprinkler was something I would do in my late 20's.

 After dinner grandpa, Dave and I took Adam out to fish for the first time.  He thought that fishing meant constantly moving the pole like you're setting the hook (that is all they ever show on the fishing shows), so after almost hooking grandpa's head I decided to cast the bobber on the other side of the boat.  Before I could even hand the pole over a sunny was on the line.  I tried to get Adam to reel it in, but he didn't understand.  He did give the fishy a kiss and he touched a bass.

On Sunday we were rushing trying to get ready for church when I noticed my little fishy boy put a #2 in the tub.  It was the pooh that broke the camels back and we didn't make it to church.  We still went to visit Great Grandma who recently broke her hip and ribs from falling.  She was in great spirits and Eli showed her his biggest smiles when they met.  We all sang Twinkle Twinkle together and took turns holding her hand.  Grandma is one tuff cookie- less than a week after her fall she's up and out of the bed and in a wheel chair.

Ann, Titus and James met us at the nursing home and then it was pizza and malts at Penguin City.  We all went back to Coleman and had a 4th of July cook out with burgers and brats.  After dinner we walked to the park and played until it was bed time for the boys.  After they were in bed we had a fire and lit off a couple fireworks.  But don't worry, despite our busy weekend, we still managed to find time to cuddle Eli in the hammock.

The boys were great travelers this weekend.  Both trips we only stopped twice and got to our destination only adding an extra hour to our six hour drive.