Hello faithful friends! I can not believe it has been three months since my last post :( so sorry about that. I wish I could say I have been crazy busy but the truth is...well I got lazy. There is so much to update on, and I hope to get some pics on here soon of all that has been going on. Since my last post Peyton has been in her very first beauty walk, potty training is in full swing, she had her third birthday, and we learned she will be a BIG SISTER! So I guess life has been a little crazy...LOL. I am sure I will have a separate blog for each of those topics, for now let's talk about our Fourth of July Celebration...
Blake has an aunt and uncle that live "down in the country" as we like to call it. For those of you who might not know what this means, this means you can't get a pizza delivered, cell service is spotty at best and the mosquitoes are GIGANTIC . It's not all bad though, you CAN ride four wheelers, plant gardens, let your dogs roam, "pop a squat," children still ride their bikes to the country store and despite the fact that your nearest neighbors might me a mile or more away, you still know their names, and their kids names, and probably their dogs names too...
Anyway, Blake and I love to go to their house. Peyton loves to ride four wheelers (with an adult of course) and I love the fact that I can just let her run around outside with no fear or boundaries. So when we were trying to decide where to go and whom to spend our holiday with, that was our first pick - hands down. And we had a BLAST!
When we get together with this part of the family, you can be sure of this: no one will go hungry. After giving thanks to the Lord for our vittles (and our great nation) we feasted on grilled chicken, pork chops, deer steak (another advantage to the country), ribs from the grill and ribs from the smoker, potato salad (ten pounds to be exact), mac and cheese, baked beans, chocolate cake and buttermilk pie. Everyone pitches in and brings something. That's family.
We also love to play games. Normally we play volleyball, but the southern heat proved to be too much for that. So we found us a good ole shady spot and set up the cornhole boards. Nothing gets our competitive juices flowing like a close game! And, might I add, I scored more points than Blake for the first time in a game yesterday! Peyton wasn't left out of the fun either, we set her up with a sprinkler and a baby pool and she was ready for the heat of the day!
Once the sun started to set, we got out the fireworks. This was obviously Peyton's first experience with fireworks, but it was also mine too. (My dad wasn't too keen on playing with fire...) Blake was so excited to be able to share this experience with both of us. From taking us to the fireworks store to showing me how to light one, he was happy to share with us his wealth of knowledge on the matter!
If you judge the success of the day by how exhausted everyone is at the end of it, I'd say we had a great day! Peyton was just about asleep by the time we pulled into the driveway and we all slept soundly through the night...despite our neighbors shooting fireworks in the cul de sac!
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