4th of July

4th of July weekend was four long days of fun.  Brian had that Friday off from work which was nice.  I was able to get up and go for a run and bike that morning.  The he got to come with me to pick up the big kids from summer school.  Angela had spent the past two weeks with art as one of her three classes.  She therefore was part of an art fair showcaseing all of her wonderful projects.  

Connor's class had spent some time learning about the U.S.A. and the reason we celebrate the 4th of July.  They all wore red, white and blue clothing and made necklaces or bracelets and firecracker hats.  They then got to go on a parade around the school which finished by the flag pole.  There we all said the Pledge of Allegance and the kids sang a few songs including Happy Birthday to the U.S.A.

Saturday we spent the day at Kohler-Andrea State Park near Sheboygan.  We love the beach there and have been yearly since we moved here.  It reminds us of being on the ocean.  There is a lot of sand to share with all the other beach goers and water as far as the eye can see.  Last year we remembered lots of sea gulls flying all around.  The kids really enjoyed chasing them.  This year was weird, all we had was a lot of dead smelt like fish.  There was a line along the top of the beach that spaned either side of us, I imagine, for the length of the beach.  It was rather gross and mildly smelly.  Brian drew a big square with his foot and the kids all got shovels and had to start scooping fish out of our spot. 



We would often find Emeric picking them up and we'd have to tell him to put them down.  Connor would fill his dump truck with water and put the fish in there.  We wondered if he was trying to rehydrate them?



 (I am so lucky to have such a handsome husband!)

(Posing during lunch)

 (His goofy new pose for most of his photos.)

 (The "bulk" always seems to be eating.)

Sunday was a fairly relaxing day with church and hanging out at home.  Monday morning I got up and went for a swim and then a run.  Once the rest of the family woke up, we relaxed during the morning and then had some friends over for a little BBQing that afternoon/evening.  We ended it all up with some at home fireworks but on by Brian and the neighbor.  The kids really enjoyed them!

Some other little fun things from the weekend was a different breakfast each morning.  Eggs benedict on Friday, banana pancakes on Saturday, biscuits and gravy with fried eggs on Sunday and red (strawberries), white (whipped cream) and blue (blueberries) waffles on Monday.  The topper for Brian and I was out drink a day menu!  We planned out a different alcoholic drink for us to enjoy each day of the weekend (no wonder our liquor store bill was more than our grocery store bill this week).  Friday we enjoyed mai tais.  Saturday we had sangria on the beach ~ YUMMY!  Sunday was champagne day with champagne with breakfast, a margarita/champagne punch that afternoon and then we changed it up and had mudslides for dessert.  Monday we introduced the neighbors to flat on your beaks and old drink from Red Robins.  Such a great way to spend a weekend.  Hope yours was as great of a weekend as ours.