My day must not have been too fascinating since I haven't been dying to relive it, but I better document what we did so I can remember it later. (my online journal is my only journal) Mark and I were planning on having a quiet 4th but my parents had different plans. They decided last minute to come down and crash our quiet day. I am ok with my mom doing that, but my dad...not so much. It all started out fine. My dad didn't want to shop so he invited the kids and me to Heise Hot Springs. I hadn't been there for awhile so I took the big kids. Mark kept Kate (who was running a fever) and Zach. I had more fun at Heise than I expected to. I love to swim but my not swimsuit ready body holds me back! I just decided to have fun this time and I actually went down a water slide for the first time since I was a teen. That was fun! The kids had a great time. We will have to go and take KateLyn soon!
When we finally got back from there we had a yummy fried chicken, potatoes, and patriotic fruit salad dinner. Then we headed into IF for the fireworks show. We REALLY should have planned ahead if we were going to do that. Mark thought we could go watch from Freeman park but we couldn't even GET there. The Melaluca Corp. puts on this show every year and they bill it as the biggest fireworks show west of the Mississippi. Who knows if that is true, but it's awesome! We finally decided to watch from the Walmart parking lot and while it wasn't ideal, it worked! We had lost my dad in Walmart and we never found him until the fireworks show was over, but that's ok too. Let's just say he didn't want to be there and it was fine that he was lost. :0
I DO love this country and I am SO grateful for our vast freedoms and blessings!
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