So, I love the 4th of July! Not only do we live in the best country in the world, but we have some of the best traditions that we do on the 4th, as a nation and family.
My family meets on the 3rd and watches the Riverton parade. Love it! Done it since I was probably Lydia's age. Then we go to my parents, do fireworks, play games, etc. This year we watched a movie on the side of my parents house! Whatever! It's so fun. We all sleep outside too, kids, parents, everyone!
In the morning we have a great breakfast. Then we split and do stuff with the other side of the family. Us Homer's go to Jon's Grandpa's, because it happens to be his birthday. We have a yummy BBQ and hang out. We went back to Riverton for their carnival thing, which Lydia LOVED! Ben to, but her more. She would have went on any ride we put her on. She was fearless! Well, until it came to the fireworks. You would have thought we were torturing her! She was FREAKING out. We left instantly, and walked away with a blanket over her to help muffle the screams. It was pretty funny. At least we didn't have to fight traffic. :)
Mr. Ben was such a good boy the whole time, shocking I know. :) We are so blessed to have him. He really is a ray of sunshine in our home. Such a good kid. I'm so scared that the Lord sent us 2 way good kids as an early "thank you" for the kids that He has in store for us... I'd say we should stop here, but I LOVE big families. And so does Jon. He keeps asking me if we could shoot for a bakers dozen, and I just have to keep batting him away. :) Maybe in Heaven Honey.
As always, we had so much fun. This month has just been fun. We are staying crazy busy and loving it. I've got to soak it in while I can. I'm going back to school in August. I have 14 credit hours lined up for each semester. I'm getting a little scared about it, but I know I can do it... with a lot of chocolate. That reminds me of a shirt I saw."Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man..." D&C 89:12
"Yea, chocolate and desserts have I ordained for the use of woman" M&M 24:7
I hope that's not bad to say... :) I bet the Lord thinks it's funny, especially since it's really close to the truth.
And may I take a line or two here to tell you, my friends and family, and even you who may be reading this blog and I have no idea! :), that I love and appreciate you. It sounds so broad and cliche to write on my blog, but I mean it sincerely. We feel so blessed to have such great people as part of our lives.
