Independence Day Weekend!

I didn't take very many pictures this weekend but we sure had a lot of fun. In fact, McKay put 4 pictures on his calendar for the 4th. In his mind more pictures = more fun. So he has 2 pictures of fireworks, a party hat and a present all on one day. I made this calendar for McKay after he kept asking me what day of the week it was and what the date was and if it was still spring or not and how long until July, etc. It is just a simple calendar I created in excel and then laminated. I use a wet-erase marker to write in the days of the month and what we have planned for that day. Then I have the months, seasons, and various little pictures laminated with magnets on the back. He loves his calendar.

Saturday morning we went to Santee Lakes and Jordan and I ran with the double jogging stroller for a couple of miles and then Jordan took off to get a real run while the boys and I went around one lake another time so McKay could run too. It is the first time I've been jogging in a really long time. McKay is a fast runner and I really had to run to catch up with him when he first took off and then had to walk/run to keep up with him. We enjoyed 'getting exercise' together. Then the boys played on the playground until Jordan finished running. The boys had a lot of fun playing on the playground and McKay (as usual) made a few friends to play with. We all went and bought some food for the weekend and then headed home for the afternoon. After Maxwell woke up from his nap, we went swimming in our bishops pool. It has been super hot and humid here so the cool water was very refreshing and we had a lot of fun.

Sunday we had a delicious salmon dinner and then while Max napped, Jordan and I both fell asleep (not intentionally but also not unwelcome!) while McKay watched the home videos I burned on Saturday.

Early Monday morning Jordan took his camp chef and went to the church to help cook breakfast for the ward. After the boys woke up we also went to eat breakfast. It was a great breakfast (with delicious turkey bacon!) and we were fortunate to have cloud cover for the majority of the time we were there. Both boys ate really well and then McKay had fun running around with other children of all ages in our ward. Just before leaving he rode his bike around a bit and proudly showed Sister Gess (the primary chorister who is his 'friend') how well he can ride. While Maxwell napped McKay went with Jordan to get a movie for our movie night during the day. :)

The boys ready to watch Gnomeo & Juliet. It was a cute show, thus the smile on Jordan's face. Usually Max isn't awake for our family movie nights but since we had this one during the day, he was awake to climb all over us and dance to the music. :)

Jordan barbecued ribs for our lunch and found out he is good at that too. :) Around 5 we went to some friend's house for a party (when we had lunch we didn't know they were having ribs... Jordan's were better of course). We enjoyed visiting and the boys enjoyed playing until dark when we walked to a nearby ball field and watched the Santee fireworks. They were NOTHING compared to the Santa Clara fireworks show but we suspect we may not see another show like that again. Max watched for the first 5 minutes!

McKay and Maxwell love to dance to 'fast music' no matter the genre or the source so I try to mix it up a bit.

We successfully wore ourselves out this weekend!