Enjoying the long weekend!

We've had a busy couple of days around here! Jeremy had Thursday & Friday off for the 4th. Thursday we (ahem, actually, Jeremy did most of it) spent the day working on house projects. Jeremy got most of the edgers put back in place in the backyard flower bed. He also loaded the highchair up and put it away in the attic. Ross has taken to climbing into the highchair and using it to reach things he shouldn't, so storing it away was an absolute necessary at this point. Jeremy also picked up all the fencing materials for the pool fence, which we had special ordered a few weeks ago (and which required cleaning the garage so that the stuff would fit in it until we need it -- the garage is unusually dirty with all the pool stuff strewn about). Hmmm...what did I do on Thursday? Oh yeah, I knit most of a baby hat (I had 2 hours to myself while Hannah was swimming). I'm trying to finish it tonight, so maybe I'll have a picture tomorrow. Here are a few photos of the kids enjoying the pool on Thursday:



(And, no, we don't have concrete yet. Hopefully early this week...)

Yesterday morning we hung out around the house and, of course, swam (Jeremy & I even got to swim by ourselves while the kids napped). After the boys napped, we headed over to post for the 4th of July festivities. It was HOT, but fortunately there was a nice breeze all day. My hands and feet did swell up terribly, though. I was silly enough to buy the boys a cherry snow cone, in spite of the fact that they both had on white shirts. They made a lovely mess of it, but enjoyed it, so I suppose the possible stains are worth it. There was a demonstration by the Golden Knights that Hannah was particularly interested in. It did sprinkle on us a little and there was a bit of thunder and lightening at one point, so the fireworks were delayed pretty late. Ross was so tired he slept through them and Reid had a hard time paying attention. They were really good, though. I think Fort Bragg is probably one of the best places to celebrate the 4th. Hey, there aren't many places where the fireworks have artillery with them!



And I just liked this picture! The sky was beautiful last night while we were listening to the 82nd military band.