Long weekend - July 4th

I love long weekends!!!! We had so much going on this weekend, that when I look back it feels like we were on a mini vacation. Here's the play by play so you see what I mean:

Kj's parents came to visit on Friday and after dinner we went to visit some more family.

On Saturday Mama Katie and I went to the outlets and tried to shopped til we dropped, but it doesn't fare well to leave the men folk alone for long b/c they only proceeded to call us every 30 min to ask when we were coming back ;-). So we went home, had a quick lunch, and everyone took off in different directions. Katie and John headed back to AL, KJ went over to a friends to play a new soccer playstation game (you all know I'm married to a playstation addict right???), and I proceeded to clean and get things straight so that I wouldn't have to worry about the house for the rest of the weekend.

Sun was church and a lazy dinner of KJ's reknown lamb (it's reknown in our house, but it hasn't hit the public yet) and after evening service I was able to empty out a box of candles and candle holders (I should have taken a pic of kj's face! We agreed that he should stay in another room and only come check on me if I called him.). Our house is finally taking on the shape of a home! The 2 bathrooms are almost kindof finished. ;-)

Mon we went to Fort Walton so that I could do a long over due TJ Maxx run and then we crashed a friend's pool at her apt complex. KJ tried to drown me and I tried to swim laps (both, to no avail). And yes, I've reverted back to my wild hair college days, but only b/c I was too tired to do more then wash the chlorine out. ;-) I think the ponytail it's in now makes it work friendly...

Finally Tues we drove over to Nina and Oneal's in Fort Rucker and spent most of the day with them and the kids. I've got the funniest niece and nephews. They're just a trip! They are a constant reminder of how fun it is to be 8, 6, and 4. From balloon animals (I successfully created an anteater and a whale, sorry no pics), to popsicle blue tongues, to swimming in 1 foot of water like you're going for a gold medal (goggles and all). And G was actually my favorite this time around (I'm not a bad aunt, my favorite changes daily so that they all have ample time in the spot light.), he let me take a million and two pics of him and I don't think I've ever had such an animated model. A welcome change from Kj's normal cries of "Girl put that camera down" when I try to use him as my muse.

Anywho here are a few pics of the kids. Easy to see how they can grow on you like kudzu, huh?

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th!