Rachel Fuhriman: 4th of July

Friday, July 6, 2012

4th of July

We had a busy but great 4th of July. It was nice because Reid was able to come home the evening of the 3rd and go with us to a picnic over at his parents home. The Hamilton's were in town so we got to spend some time with them. Then on the morning of the 4th I got up bright and early and ran the Firecracker 5k. I was pretty excited because I cut 5 minutes off my time from last year. This year I ran it in 29 minutes (now I know that for most people that is slow, but for me it was a record.) Then I met Reid and the kids at the parade. The parade was really fun and relaxed this year. We sat with my family and we were lucky enough to get a shady spot and I was actually a bit cold during the parade which was kind of nice after running 3.1 miles.

After the parade we went over to my parents house and had a bbq. It was just a nice relaxing time with my family. Then I unfortunately had to send Reid back on the road. After that the kids and I went over to the Shilo Inn (where Reid's parents had a room for the 4th of July) and we swam for a couple of hours with the Hamilton and Anglin cousins. Grandma Mickey and Danny were also there watching. The kids had a great time playing in the pool and hot tub.

Then I took my exhausted bunch home to get ready to go to the fireworks. I didn't want to go at all, but was game for it. On a whim I asked them if they really wanted to go back for the fireworks, or if they would rather rent a Redbox, to my suprise and delight they chose a Redbox. So I spent my 4th of July night watching the Muppets with my kids. Then around 9:30 Stevan and his kids invited us to come over and watch them light off their fireworks- they also stayed home. It was the best, and honestly I didn't even miss going to see the big show. (I think I am turning into my Father, which is not a bad thing.) All in all it was a great holiday, and I was glad to get to bed at a decent time since I had to go to work early Thursday morning.