4th of July

Last night the children and I went to a 4th of July picnic (Hubby was working 3-11 :( ). It didn't begin until 7pm (which is bed time at our house!) so I was a little concerned about how they would do being out so late. The hosting family lives way out in the country about 30min. from our house (which was one of the reasons I wanted to go despite the late start). It was so beautiful there. They own 80 acres and their driveway is 3/4 of a mile long. You have to have 4 wheel drive to make it up the driveway so we parked at the bottom and caught a ride up with another family! I felt like we were in an ocean of green..just grass and trees everywhere!

The country is a child's dream come true! Lots of room to run! They have a large garden, raspberry bushes ( the girls enjoyed hunting for raspberries!), a strawberry patch, a huge sand pit (we came home filthy!) and a big wooden swing set. Do-Do loved that he could wander about without restriction! The family also just had two litters of kittens born and Flower Picker couldn't get enough kitten! She was walking around with one under each arm for much of the night...needless to say the kittens had a long night!

We ate and played, then prayed the Rosary and had dessert and by that time it was almost 9:30 and the fireworks weren't scheduled to begin until 10pm. So we said our goodbyes and headed home. We didn't get home until 10:15 but Do-Do was asleep and the girls went right to bed with out any trouble. All that running and fresh air tired them out! Despite the fact that bed time was 3 hours late Snow White was up promptly at 6! Flower Picker was next at 7 and Do-Do "slept in" until 7:20!! We had a fabulous night lets hope we wont pay for it today!!