Our celebration this year was very quiet and more relaxed...mostly because we were getting up extra early the following day to head out of town.
Luke and the boys were up at six am to put up flags in yards for the Boy Scout fundraiser. Afterwards they came home and went back to sleep. Wiggy and I got showered and dressed to head to the mall when it opened. We did a little clothes shopping and Wiggy had some money she wanted to spend at Build-a-Bear.
After we ate lunch when we got home and then loaded up to get fireworks.
After getting home daddy made out fave dinner....fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and garlic green beans. After dinner the kids hung out waiting as patiently as possible to light stuff on fire. I made a batch of our fave PB chocolate chip cookies and butterscotch brownies.
It was barely dusk and Luke and the kids were in the front yard ready to go! We lit stuff for about an hour and then headed inside.
Happy Independence Day America. It's Luke's favorite holiday and from the looks on the kids' faces, it's probably a close second, behind Christmas. We all survived with no burns or missing limbs. :)
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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