The visit started out kind of rough ... we were having a pretty good storm that evening and unfortunately, it lasted long into the night! Their plane was scheduled to land about 10:30pm, getting them to our house about midnight. Well, since Mother Nature had other plans, they had to circle around the KC area and were unable to land due to all the lightening, etc. After about an hour the pilot explained they were going to run out of fuel, so they had to go to Omaha, NE to land the plane and refuel. Long story short .... they ended up at the front door a little after 3pm. What a long day for them!!
Thursday 7/3:
Mom and Patrick tried to get some rest and we all slept in a bit! We spent the day just lounging around, sitting on the deck and chatting and relaxing! The Peterson Family and Donna were due to arrive late Thursday night so we just took it easy in anticipation of more guests!
Mom and Patrick turned in for the night about 10 that night and the Petersons and Donna arrived a little after 1:00 that night/early morning. It was a long day for them, too, so we all just headed to bed!
Friday 7/4: Happy Independance Day!We spent a lot of the day at the pool on the 4th! It was a hot one! All of the kids really enjoyed themselves and got a little sun - - but not too much!
That night we enjoyed a nice dinner of grilled burgers, brats and hot dogs ... and of course Mom's Potato salad and deviled eggs!
I tried to tell everyone that our neighborhood takes the 4th of July pretty serious with their fireworks! I am not real sure they beleived me then ... but they do now! From about 7pm til about 1am the fireworks were constant! And by fireworks I don't mean sparklers and smoke bombs .... I mean FIREWORKS!! Like the kind you see at baseball games and real events! We had a perfect view of the celebration from our very own driveway! It was great! Sadly, we only took one picture though!
Saturday, 7/5
Saturday we spent the day lounging around then headed to the mall ... we just had to get out of the house and it was too hot to just sit outside! Mom and Patrick wanted to take Dayne shopping for her birthday ... so she picked out an outfit from Limited Too, some new shoes and a new suitcase! Thank you Nanny and Patrick!
That evening we hung out on the deck and just chitter chatted (as Mom would say!) and really just enjoyed all the company! The kids caught (or at last tried to) lightening bugs, too!
Sunday, 7/6 - - Happy 9th Birthday, Dayne!! ~ ~So hard to beleive my "baby girl" is 9 years old already! Where does the time go!??!
We celebrated Dayne's birthday with a trip to the pool, a nice steak dinner (of course ... only the finest in taste!) opening gifts, and cake & ice cream!
- Nintendo DS (she had to pay half ... Mom & Dad aren't 100% crazy or loaded!)
- Game for her Nintendo DS
- Outfit from Limited Too
- Hannah Montana suit case
- Two new pairs of shoes
- Two new webkins (that's 11 now!)
- New Jammies from Limited Too
- Hannah Montana shirt
- $50 savings bond
- Another new outfit
- ... more new clothes
- ... more new clothes!
What a lucky girl to have all these visitors to celebrate your special day with you!
Monday July 7th:
Patrick, Dayne, Mom, Hunter and Tiffany
World's of Fun - - Here We Come!
We arrived at the park around 11:30am and stayed until the park closed at 10pm! We picked a great day to go - the sun was out all day and it was one of the hottest days we have had all summer, but the water rides kept us cool! We rode rides until about 2:30 then headed back to the parking lot for our picnic style lunch, then headed back for more fun, fun, fun and rides, rides, rides!
At 5:00 Gretchen and I braved the Rip Cord! I did this last year when I went to WOF, but this was Gretchen's first time! It was a blast .... but a little scarier this time than I remember it being! Maybe my additional year in age adds up to better decision making .... or maybe not!
Gretchen was excited and nervous about doing it, but mostly excited! She did however take precaution and went potty right before we went on the ride! We got all strapped in our harnesses for the ride then were hoised 180 feet in the air! About 50 feet into the air Gretchen started having a minor panic attack explaining to me she was "serious" that she was scared. She went on and on and the whole time I am just patting her hand thinking, "What do you want me to do about it now!??!?" ... and then I pulled the "rip cord" and we free fell! She LOVED it!
This is about the moment Gretchen started to panic.
Tuesday 7/8:
The Peterson Family and Donna left about 11am on Tuesday morning so Mom, Patrick the Kids and I spent the morning lounging and relaxing ... then headed to lunch at Atlanta Bread Company. The weather was crappy (raining) so we went to Oak Park Mall to buy Patrick a new hat. The rest of the day we just hung out ... and enjoyed each other's company!
Wednesday 7/9:
We had a lazy morning and ate a nice bacon and eggs breakfast and then just lounged around until mid afternoon when Nanny and Patrick had to leave for the airport. : (
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Thank you to all of our visitors .... it was great having you in our home and we enjoy the time we have with our family! Please come back soon! We look forward to the next time we see each other!
Hugs and kisses to you all!
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