Sunday, July 6, 2008

a well deserved day off!

we spent our fourth of july holiday visiting family all over kansas. on thursday, we headed to salina to celebrate mandy's 4th annual 29th birthday with pirate night at grandma's house. it was awesome, and liam slept through most of the fireworks uncle k brought up. unfortunately, mom's dachshund buddy got spooked and is still missing. there was a call today from a neighbor who spotted him, so that's good.

friday we spent the first part of the day up at grandma's while mandy and rocky nursed fierce hangovers. from what i can tell from her myspace pics, they were up pretty late doing very piratey things! after lunch, we headed to kyle's in osbourne. the drive was really pretty (i haven't really ventured west of salina) and we got to see the huge wind farm. liam thought it was neat, too.

colin's dad and jenny came up, too, so we got to all hang out that night. liam got a little spooked during the big show uncle k put on, but then really enjoyed it. and then fell asleep halfway through and didn't stir during the huge finale, which included fireballs. these are exactly what they sound like.

saturday we headed back home, stopping to visit my dad and roxanne in white city. after nearly four hours total in the car, we were beat! the boys took naps, then colin went to work - yes, work! on top of all this, i think we both had some allergies to contend with from our visit to jewell. he's had sinus issues and i've had a terrible cough. did you know that a tablespoon of raw honey works as well or better than cough medicine? glad i had some to take, although it's supposed to be for bread i have yet to start baking!

today we were still getting back into the groove of being home and skipped fellowship. we ate a big lunch at jason's deli, then went to the library for some new books and a couple of movies. colin didn't feel well at all and napped most of the day away. glad he got some rest before his work week starts all over again. i'm going to try to catch up myself during monday's nap times.

finally, here's a photo of the baby carrier i made for my friend darla. it's the best sewing project i've finished to date. now i need to make one for myself!



we have a ton of photos from the holiday and pirate night on colin's camera. hopefully he'll pull those off soon so i can post them.

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