4th of July Weekend

We had SUCH a fun long weekend! Friday, Brad and I slept in. He worked 16 hours the night before so he needed to sleep in! We lounged around the house for a little while and then we headed to Mom's. When we got to Mom's, Brad and Douglas talked sports while Mom and I set up for the party.




Around lunch time, April and alllll of her gang showed up and got the party started! We all swam and ate and had a great time.







Unfortunately, it started pouring down rain, but that didn't stop the boys from having fun in the pool!


After lunch, April, Josh and the kids went home so I took a nap! Afterwards, me, Brad, Katie and Douglas went to get our Wii and some fireworks.


Katie invited some friends over for dinner and they swam and ate, too. And as you probably guessed, I fell asleep before everyone shot the fireworks so I didn't get to see a single one! Saturday, Brad and I lounged around some more and I started the dreaded process of packing for Honduras. (I leave Saturday at 6am!) I cannot express to you how long I have been looking forward to that Saturday. Benkei was opening back up from their month long hiatus....or so we thought. So Brad, Mom, April and myself headed over to Benkei when we realized that they don't open until the 8th. I don't think I have ever been so mad. We all were. So we settled for Hokkaido instead. As Mom put it, "It's like getting a Happy Meal instead of Benkei." We still had a good time and good food, but it just wasn't the same! After we ate, Brad and I had a date with my Abby!



We all went to the movies to see Wall-E. I highly recommend it. It was very cute! Sunday, we went to church and afterwards, we ate at Long Horn for the first time. Oh My God. It was so good. I got the filet and I promise it was almost as good as The Bright Star. A little on the pricey side, but if you want a good filet, you should try it. That night, we went to Brad's brother's house to see them and the kids. And we also kicked their butts in Phase 10. Victory! So needless to say, neither Brad nor I wanted to get up and go to work this morning. What a great weekend!