What a crazy 4th of July we had! We drove down to Van Buren on Friday afternoon. When we got to Pops and GoGo's house, Pops and Jim put together Andrew's crib at their house. Luckily after that, Andrew was tired so we decided to go out to eat at Big Jake's Steakhouse. He slept through the whole thing! We all had a wonderful dinner then went back to their house and sat outside visiting watching the sunset over the bluff. So nice.
On Saturday, Christian and I played outside during Andrew's morning nap. Jim went to play golf at Eagle Crest.
Christian working on his Jeep
Playing together
Christian enjoying a red, white and blue popsicle
GoGo pretty patriotic flowers
while my patriotic colors where displayed on my toes! I love to get fireworks on my toes for the 4th of July! :)
By the afternoon, a storm was rolling in. We had a huge down pour but it cleared by early evening. Pops was still able to cookout!
Andrew with his great aunt Christy Sharum
After dinner, we had a birthday cake for Christian with all of the family.
Christian "holding up" some Hot Wheels that his Aunt Janie and Uncle Rob got him for his birthday.
After the birthday celebration, another storm came and it rained hard. Then Pops and GoGo's electricity went off. We went outside on the patio under the cover and saw some of the Fort Smith fireworks but it was still daylight outside so it was not as neat as it could have been. At that point, we knew they would cancel the Van Buren fireworks and since the lights were out and the air conditioning was not working, we thought it would be best to go ahead and head home Saturday night. We scrambled around in the dark packing our things to head home. Andrew screamed the whole time but luckily went to sleep in the car on the way home. We were really disappointed that we missed watching fireworks on the bluff, but on the drive home we saw fireworks EVERYWHERE!
We saw big fireworks passing Alma, West Fork, Fayetteville, Rogers and Bentonville! We did not get home until around 10:30pm Sat. night and we were so tired and still had to unload everything. Andrew also decided to wake up twice during the night. So Sunday morning, we stayed home. Christian even let us go back to bed for a couple hours during Andrew's morning nap while he watched Empire Strikes Back. (He has been on a Star Wars kick recently). That afternoon, Jim helped me clean the whole house (WHAT AN AMAZING HUSBAND!) He even cooked out brauts on the grill Sunday evening and we had a relaxing dinner outside on our patio.
Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July!
On Saturday, Christian and I played outside during Andrew's morning nap. Jim went to play golf at Eagle Crest.
Christian working on his Jeep
Playing together
Christian enjoying a red, white and blue popsicle
GoGo pretty patriotic flowers
while my patriotic colors where displayed on my toes! I love to get fireworks on my toes for the 4th of July! :)By the afternoon, a storm was rolling in. We had a huge down pour but it cleared by early evening. Pops was still able to cookout!
Andrew with his great aunt Christy Sharum
After dinner, we had a birthday cake for Christian with all of the family.
Christian "holding up" some Hot Wheels that his Aunt Janie and Uncle Rob got him for his birthday.After the birthday celebration, another storm came and it rained hard. Then Pops and GoGo's electricity went off. We went outside on the patio under the cover and saw some of the Fort Smith fireworks but it was still daylight outside so it was not as neat as it could have been. At that point, we knew they would cancel the Van Buren fireworks and since the lights were out and the air conditioning was not working, we thought it would be best to go ahead and head home Saturday night. We scrambled around in the dark packing our things to head home. Andrew screamed the whole time but luckily went to sleep in the car on the way home. We were really disappointed that we missed watching fireworks on the bluff, but on the drive home we saw fireworks EVERYWHERE!
We saw big fireworks passing Alma, West Fork, Fayetteville, Rogers and Bentonville! We did not get home until around 10:30pm Sat. night and we were so tired and still had to unload everything. Andrew also decided to wake up twice during the night. So Sunday morning, we stayed home. Christian even let us go back to bed for a couple hours during Andrew's morning nap while he watched Empire Strikes Back. (He has been on a Star Wars kick recently). That afternoon, Jim helped me clean the whole house (WHAT AN AMAZING HUSBAND!) He even cooked out brauts on the grill Sunday evening and we had a relaxing dinner outside on our patio.
Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July!
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