4th of July Weekend

Despite the nasty weather, we managed to have a nice 4th of July weekend.  We didn't really work up any major plans this year, except for a tentative plan to walk over to Bishop park to watch the fireworks and let Lorien participate in the kiddie parade.  That event was cancelled due to the rain, but we pretty much saw that one coming.  Instead, we paraded around the house with the flag and sang patriotic songs and built the most epic rainy day fort yet! I'd say the sparklers at dusk were the highlight of the day. Lorien LOVED them once she got over being slightly afraid. Sadly, we failed to take any pictures on the 4th, so we don't have any pictures of this cuteness, nor of the yummy dinner of grilled out hot dogs, baked beans, mac n cheese, salad, and watermelon.

But to make up for it, we were sure to take lots of fun pictures of this!

The following day, we decided to head out early and try to pick a gallon of blueberries before the rain blew in for the day.  I was pleasantly surprised that we succeeded and had a great time doing it!

Lorien definitely ate more than she added to the bucket, and each time I tried to remind her that at least some of them should hit the pail, she told me that she was doing blueberry picking like Sal from Blueberries for Sal. Wasn't much I could say to that, besides kerplink, kerplank, kerplunk as the berries that did manage to make it to the bucket fell in.

Brian was a stud and carried around Brighton in the backpack carrier so she could get in on as much of the action as possible without actually being all up in the action. She ate her fair share of blueberries too, and enjoyed looking around.

Saturday was spent cleaning and hanging out around the house. In the afternoon, Brian disappeared for a few hours to help his sis, Heather, move from one place to another across town. After that we met up with Heather and Pop Pop at Chik-fil-a for a fun dinner with the girls and the wild manic time at the play place. Both girls were diggin' it. Even Brighton was trying to get in on some of the action, and attempted to scoot up the slide. Sadly for her, it wasn't really working out. But it sure was cute!

All in all, a great weekend!