4th at Home

We spent some time over the 4th of July weekend with the Porters at the rustic cabin. Since Zak had to be back at work on Wednesday the 5th, we drove home on the holiday. I had grocery store sparklers and pop-it's for the kiddos, the latter of which they handles entirely on their own. I remember when Miss V was Mr C's age and tried to pop them with Grandma Porter, she had to throw the same one a few times to get it to pop. This time, Mr C grabbed one, and with extra force sent it popping. The kids liked he sparklers, but Zak and I used up most of them because the kids wanted to go back to the pop-it's. I'm glad they preferred the safer option.

Independence Day 2013

The car ride was a little tough, since I just wanted to move around, but once we reached the cabin, it was wonderful. I loved spending time with family, playing in the shallow water, advancing phases in Phase 10, watching the fireworks, and waking up early in the mornings to sit on the porch swing. Grandpa pulled out the rented big rig to move some concrete as part of his vacation. I reached 34 weeks along in the pregnancy, and woke up a few times during the nights, but I didn't mind the opportunity to see the sun rise before going back to sleep. I'm glad Zak rode one of the wave runners, which he looks forward to doing all year, because he, Dad, and Grandpa had to go into the cold lake during a storm to make sure they wouldn't go anywhere as the wind blew. We were pretty blessed with the weather, because on the 4th of July it rained around noon, but cleared up in time for games on the porch and watching the neighborhood fireworks...some very impressive neighborhood fireworks. We went into town to see a movie, and I picked up some white baby clothes to tie-dye. Grandma brought a whole tie-dye kit, with lots of options. We didn't get to it until the last night, so we added dye to the clothes in the dark, which made it a great surprise in the morning when we finally saw our artwork. Zak and I didn't want to travel too close to Baby's due date, we'll probably stay put until after she comes. I'm grateful we celebrated our 4th of July with family at the cabin.