Independence Day Weekend

The last 3 days have been crazy. We were invited to a party at a neighbors on Sunday and had a blast. We got to meet so many new people. The hosts have the best kids yard on the planet. There were about 15 kids there and Elizabeth was the only girl up until the end. The kids entertained each other all night; it was so wonderful.

Monday we went to Athens for a cookout at Ma and Big Daddy's house. The kids did great, the food was great, and we got home late. (hey, i'm a poet.) Oscar was asking for his bed by the end of the night.

July 4th started with the kids not waking up until around 8:30. Talk about wonderful! The kids participated in the bike parade and ice cream social in the subdivision. I had no idea there were so many kids in our neighborhood. We then hung out at the pool for a few hours before Michael and I came back to watch Italy beat Germany in double overtime in the World Cup. We then went to Lake Acworth for fireworks. We met the Davis' and Skowronski's (I know I didn't spell that one right). There were 8 kids among our 3 families as evidenced by the picture above. The kids loved the fireworks and again Oscar was asking for his bed on the way home. I sure hope they sleep late again tomorrow.

Here is a link to the pictures from Lake Acworth.

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