Big Daddy is the "Man of the House." He takes his daddy role seriously. He & I met when we were in highschool, and the rest is literally crazee history. As the only guy around it's his job to fix things, and scare off the boogie man. He spends his time working hard & playing a little golf. For extra fun he loves pulling pranks on the girls.
While I believe that my role as a mom is to teach my girls how to become strong independent women, I have another not so secret agenda as well. I find it important to teach them to laugh, and not take themselves so seriously. That is my philosophy. I love my husband, I love my children and I love the fact that we are not your average "cookie cutter" family.
Miss Mae is our oldest daughter. Just stepping into the world of being a teenager, she is learning to assert her independence and make her opinions known. She has a big heart, and loves to have a great time. She enjoys playing sports, especially basketball. She plays competitive basketball year round. She also enjoys dance, singing, fashion and texting her friends.
Despite turning 10, Hannah is still referred to as the baby. Most of the time, she finds being the "baby" to be more of a burden than a blessing. She loves animals, and would most likely run a zoo out of our house if we would let her. For now, she has to settle for taking care of her Schnauzers; Zoie & Ozie. She was blessed with the voice of an angel and loves to sing. Hannah also enjoys cooking, and can't wait until she's old enough to babysit.
Happy 4th of July. Hope your day was full of blessings, family, fun and a sense of pride for living in such a great country. How did you spend your day? What made this year special?
As most of you know, this marks the first 4th of July my dad isn't with us. Although it really, really saddens me that life goes on without him here sometimes.... The great memories of cook outs, a lot of company, and awesome fireworks shows ..... really made me appreciate the awesome dad I had.....
Our 4th of July was different.
We started the day out at Maeci's basketball game.
Instead of a cook-out, we ate out at a restaurant.
Fine Mexican Food & and an even finer Margarita.
We had three basketball games total today beginning at 10:30 a.m.- and the last ending at 9:00 p.m.
My cutie nephew and niece Cody and Cali came home with us to spend the night...
I told the kids to watch out the windows for fireworks on the way home.
and Cody said that we should see a lot because on the way to my house from his there's a little bit of town and a lot of middle of nowhere.
And of course, everyone knows that fireworks are all in the middle of nowhere.
Guess what? He was right.
In all of that middle of nowhere on our way home...we got the best free gift, and many people shared their beautiful fireworks with us without even knowing...
So fun listening to the kids "ooh and ahh" in the backseat.
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So, while we didn't celebrate as we normally would...I have to say we have a lot to be thankful for...on this 4th of July.
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Great post.. Nothing like seeing fireworks from out on the prairie. I try to explain to people that it's so flat here you can go out in the country and just watch fireworks from all directions.. Only in mid america!
Hey Juls...my 4th was different as well. One thing that changed this year is moving from Seattle to Boston. My whole family is in Seattle so I wasn't able to spend it with my family as I normally would. We just stayed home to be with Riley because it was his first 4th here and I didn't know how he would be. We had no fireworks close by but we saw the fireworks show from our apartment window and listened to the music on the TV..it was really cool to see the big show and not have to deal with the crowds! Our backyard at this apartment is the water so no one close by could light off any fireworks:)
Sounds like you all had a great day celebrating family and togetherness. Isn't that what this holiday is about anyway? American families doing just that? I think so. :-)
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what a lovely day it sounds like you had... ours was a bit more... exhausting :). i loved reading your description - i could see myself watching you all like a fly on the wall! happy belated fourth... xox.... annie
Sounds like the best kind of day! I love seeing the fireworks without hearing them or being in a crowd.
sounds like that even though it was different then how it normally is...its was still a lovely time...(HUGZ) to you
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