I am such a Peachtree City girl at heart. Independence Day in PTC may as well be the only holiday the town has. It is THE best holiday of the year around there.
 |
| Callie age 3 |
 |
| Cam age 7 |
 |
| fourth of july, 2010 (Cam age 4, almost 5, and Callie 10 months) |
We don't reside there, but we do spend the fourth there!
This year was spent differently than most. Several of our regular friends that we spend the majority of the day with were out of town. We stuck to our usual plans, as we had invited my cousin "Aunt Tammy" to join us for the day so she could see what all the fuss was about... but unfortunately she didn't get to see any of it!
We all woke up to pouring down rain. I was tempted to load up our rain coats and umbrella's and attempt to see the parade anyway, but then I remembered we have a baby. :) And I knew that wouldn't be easy or go over well! I heard that they had the parade rain or shine, but we enjoyed staying home relaxing, while Kyle cooked a BIG southern breakfast for everyone (his Saturday morning routine).
We had coffee, homemade southern biscuits, bacon, hash browns, eggs, and juice, all around the kitchen table while the rain came down just outside the window. It was so dark it felt like it was 8 o'clock at night! We could hardly believe it was July the 4th!!
The kids enjoyed snuggling around Aunt Tammy and playing on her phone ;)
We left shortly before noon to proceed with our pre-planned afternoon plans of taking the girls to see Inside Out. Kyle and Preston stayed home and napped. :)
The movie was adorable, as expected, and the girls all did great! Afterward they had to stand next to their favorite emotion for a quick pic.
Aunt Tammy had to head home shortly after we got back, so she could get to bed to prepare for her trip to China for work. After throwing together Shay's blueberry cake bars while Charleigh took a short nap, we loaded up the van and headed out to our church's cookout. We were undecided about going, due to the muggy weather. The sun was out but it was BUGGY and muggy. Yuck.
We endured the cookout and managed to get some good pics of the kiddos and then headed over to the golf course for play time and fireworks!
We had coffee, homemade southern biscuits, bacon, hash browns, eggs, and juice, all around the kitchen table while the rain came down just outside the window. It was so dark it felt like it was 8 o'clock at night! We could hardly believe it was July the 4th!!
The kids enjoyed snuggling around Aunt Tammy and playing on her phone ;)
We left shortly before noon to proceed with our pre-planned afternoon plans of taking the girls to see Inside Out. Kyle and Preston stayed home and napped. :)
The movie was adorable, as expected, and the girls all did great! Afterward they had to stand next to their favorite emotion for a quick pic.
Aunt Tammy had to head home shortly after we got back, so she could get to bed to prepare for her trip to China for work. After throwing together Shay's blueberry cake bars while Charleigh took a short nap, we loaded up the van and headed out to our church's cookout. We were undecided about going, due to the muggy weather. The sun was out but it was BUGGY and muggy. Yuck.
We endured the cookout and managed to get some good pics of the kiddos and then headed over to the golf course for play time and fireworks!
Preston ended up doing great with all the day's activities, despite staying out WAY past his bedtime. He reminded us that it was late as he screamed the entire ride home (in traffic).
Once we were all home and in Jammie's, we ended the day with some sweet baby snuggles!!
Once we were all home and in Jammie's, we ended the day with some sweet baby snuggles!!
I am thankful for family and freedom. I am so happy to get to raise my children in this country. I am thankful for a town that stays true to the heritage that is the Fourth of July and what it stands for... and already look forward to next year's (hopefully) back to normal day of celebrating!!
 |
| Callie in the same dress, age 3 :) |
No comments:
Post a Comment