- Wednesday the 29th was our field trip up to Mueller Park for Hotdogs and Marshmallows! There were 30 kids, so it was insane! but we had such a good time! The river was pretty high, so no playing in the water. The kids mostly ran around looking for bugs and tried to keep cool. Even though it was overcast we were cooking!
- Thursday we were invited to go up and watch how the Krispy Kreme donuts are made! That was pretty fun, and the free donut wasn't too bad either! Then we all caravaned over to the Castle Park. It was WAY too hot for that park, but we stayed for at least an hour and half.... kinda crazy. Good times though.
- Friday we spent most of the day trying to clean the house for the suspected inspection from our Landlord. Luckily they called and changed it to Tuesday, but then we had to cram and pack for our Reunion/Campout. I will do a whole post on the campout, but it is important to me to note that I packed for an overnight trip for 8 people in less than 2 hours! Counting the time to make cookies! Almost had it out in the car and ready to go when Nate got home, but not quite. But it was all in a nice little pile and ready to go when he walked in the door. I was just proud of myself that I was able to do it all!
- Sunday we got to go up to Nate's parents' house and see Rob and Heather. They were in town for the holiday. It's always good to see them. We also had a visit from a member of the Stake Presidency. That was enough to stress me out. Not sure how I feel about that one still. I guess it could be worse : )
- Monday was our big day to celebrate, 4th of July is one of my favorites! We were surprised to find out that most of the fun things we had planned (traditions) were done on the 2nd for some reason. That was a huge bummer! No parade for us. We spent most of the morning cleaning (ugh.) for our inspection the next morning, then finally got to celebrate by going to a barbecue with Nate's family, and then watching the West Jordan Fireworks. I'm so glad we made the effort to go see the fireworks even though that wasn't our normal place. It was a really good show and a lot of fun! Not for Erika of course. She was "GARE!" the whole time. She's very scared of anything fire. In fact earlier in the evening when the cousins were letting off parachute guy fireworks, she was LOVING it until she noticed that they had to light them with fire. The fun was ALL over then. There was no going back either. I had to bury her in the blanket, with my arms around her, my hand over her ear to muffle the booms even more, and she actually put her arms around my neck also. It was pretty traumatic. While we were waiting for the show to start all of the neighborhood fireworks were going off and she was not a big fan. Luckily she fell asleep just before the official ones started, and slept through the whole thing. Not sure how she did that. Could have been the motrin I gave her for her burn. She burned her hand in the hot water at Lynn's house. It must have been pretty painful because Erika is generally pretty tough. If she cries a lot it's usually her mad cry, and this time it was definitely a sad one. So I could tell she was in a lot of pain. Her hand looked red, but seemed to go back to its normal color pretty quickly. She's still talking about it a day later.... not sure if it hurts or if she just remembers the pain. Poor little girl. She really had a rough day. Not a 4th of July she'll want to remember. Which is fine since she's 1 :). I loved it. It turned out better than I had thought it would considering everything went wrong :). That's just how it goes sometimes :)
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