Happy July 4th

We had a really nice July 4th weekend! Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures, but I am thankful that Grant caught at least one of the kids in DD and Big John's backyard right after the parade. They had created their own July 4th train.

On Friday we did projects around the house including hanging a lot of pictures upstairs and creating an art gallery display for the kids artwork. On Friday night we had a family dinner at Olive Garden (we had a gift certificate) and then we went to Speed Zone for a quick trip for JR and Grant to ride the go-carts to celebrate JR's graduation to Level 3 swim class. On Saturday morning we walked to DD and Big John's for the big parade. As always, it was fun but hot! We walked home around 1pm and after we got the kids cooled down and settled in bed, they slept for about 5 hours! They were so tired.

We finally had to wake the kids up at 7pm and we went to Six Flags to ride a few rides and see the fireworks. We had a good time and especially enjoyed riding the log ride all together two times in a row. The fireworks weren't great at Six Flags, but we did see lots of fireworks all across Dallas in the car on the ride back home.

Happy Birthday America!