Independence Day Fun!

We had a great 4th of July weekend. Matt and I both had Friday off so we took the kids to the Splash Pad. The boys LOVED it, Maveri hated the water part, but loved the playground part.

That night we went out to Plain City with Bryce & Sally. Only, their dinner turned out to be super expensive for a sandwhich and beans, so we went to the store and decided to play "what can we get for what we would've paid there". We went back to Bryce & Sally's with Steak, Pork, Corn, Cherries, Salad, and Root Beer Floats! Way Yummy.

Saturday we woke up uber early and met out in Plain City again for breakfast. This time it was a much more reasonable price, and a very good breakfast. From there we watched the small parade, and then we hung out there for a little bit looking at booths, the kids played on the bouncy things, and Blaine even got into the fish pond and caught himself a real live trout with his bare hands! (and yes, I cleaned and cooked it for him on Sunday - bleh)

That afternoon we went to my parents house for a little Holiday Swimming, and then we ended up staying there and having burgers and dogs, corn, salad & pie with my parents. My poor mom is still sick with kidney stones (it's been a week now), but she did manage to eat some corn and pie.

And for fireworks that night we went out to Mike & Liz Staten's house. We haven't seen or hung out with them in so long, so it was a lot of fun to see them again. The fireworks were good this year (you never know with Riverdale, sometimes it's not so great ;) ). Only Mr. Quinten could fall alseep in the middle of a fireworks show, but that just goes to show how hard he played all day long!

The kids and I had painted matching shirts for the day on Thursday. They were so excited to get to wear them, and I think they turned out pretty darn cute!

Here's a few pics to highlight the weekend!