4th of July weekend

We had a very busy, but FUN weekend! Such nice weather all weekend long!

Hope you all had a Happy 4th!

Friday-We took the kids out for supper and to my cousin's baseball game in Hinton. The kiddos did awesome and loved playing in the dirt for 3 hours! During the school year, the kids were in bed by 8pm almost every night. Since it's lighter out and we do more things outside after supper, the kids are usually in bed closer to 9pm. I like that they can handle staying up later. Lots to do on a nice summer night!

Saturday-We headed to Marcus in the morning to spend some time with my family. My brother and his fiancee Sarah were home as well as my sister Sam. We rode bikes and took the kids to the pool for an hour. We headed back into Sioux City around 3:30 to eat and do some shopping. We ate pizza at Pizza Hut and the kids did really well. They insist on using forks and actually ate quite a bit of pizza and breadsticks. They are getting pretty good at using utensils! We shopped at Lowe's and Target and headed home around 7pm. It's definitely getting easier to take the kids out and about. Their nap schedule was even off and they were still troopers. Not much fussing at all!

Sunday-Headed back to Marcus for church and lunch at great-grams. We took the kids swimming again and they LOVED it. They love the big pool! Brady likes to jump in and the other 2 just like to splash around! I have a feeling the kids are going to be little fish someday!

Monday- Yep, back to Marcus again! Thankfully it's only a 40 minute drive! Pool and bike rides again. My parents have a big yard and the kids just love to run. The kiddos didn't nap much so we never made it for the fireworks. We headed back to Hinton around 8pm and put the kids straight to bed. We'll be ready for the fireworks next year!


I always love the 4th weekend but it always seems like the 2nd half of summer goes faster than the 1st half. Lots of fun things planned for the rest of the summer which makes it go a little too fast I think! I have something fun to do the last weekend of July and every weekend in August! Bridal showers, relatives visiting, Marcus Fair, Brooke comes home, Bachelorette Parties... WOOT! We LOVE summer in this house!!
(Pictures to come...they were all on mom's camera!)