4th of July

Oh, the grand plans we had for the 4th got washed out with the rain :(


We headed out to the Lake Friday afternoon and met up with my friend Emily from Louisville. We were all excited for an early evening boat ride only to find out that a light was left on the boat for the past 5 days and the battery was drained...so no boat ride for us! Luke did get to fish a little while we tried to figure out what was going on with the boat which made him a happy as a clam. We then took the kids to the swimming beach, which of course they enjoyed. After some dinner off the grille, we went to the Big Berry for some ice cream. The kids went to bed without much of a fuss for once, so Emily and I drank a little Oliver Wine and watched the movie "He is Just Not That Into You" (which is a pretty good movie!)


We woke up to a drizzly morning on the 4th....so gone were our plans of taking the kids hiking at Turkey Run State Park. We did manage to get to the Amish Farm Market for some yummy pretzels. Papa Amos came out for the day with cousin Josh. We were stuck in the cabin ALL afternoon as it rained, and rained, and rained.....I must say the kids did GREAT being stuck inside all day. After a minor mishap of running out of gas for the grille and Papa having to change tanks in the pouring rain, we had a nice dinner. After Papa and Josh left, Luke fell asleep nice and early. So the girls found another chick flick on TV, this time Top Gun (by far one of my favorite movies...lots of hotties in dress whites). Since it was still raining, the fireworks on Raccoon Lake were cancelled.


This mornig we woke up to another cloudy and dreary day :( So we all headed back home. Since it has finally cleared up, we are planning to catch the Plainfield fireworks tonight from our yard as the kids were totally bummed they did not get to see any last night. Even though our grand plans were washed out, it was a great weekend (I got to watch TWO whole movies from start to finish...I cannot remember the last time I did that!!)

Ms. Kate entertained us dressed up in her new princess dress with her Rainbow Bear.

Papa Amos with the ducky umbrella trying to cook steaks in the rain!!

Luke and Josh keeping themselves entertained by playing with boats in the sink. (Check out Luke's new buzz cut! He took some scissors to his hair the other day...)