Our quiet 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July!!! Mark and I debated about how to spend our day today and decided to just relax and take it easy for once. Seems like every weekend we have something going on and it would be nice to just have nothing to do for once. Of course, there is always something that needs to be done here at the house but it's a holiday, right? We slept in really late, got up and made oatmeal, cinnamon sugar toast, and apple juice, then came back to bed and watched TV, except that we all 3 (Bella included) fell asleep again. So, about 2:30 we finally got up and attempted to go swimming because I thought it would feel good to get Emma floating and some pressure off these hips. As soon as we got ready to walk out the door, it started lightening and thundering. It must be a sign, I thought. So, we called off the swimming idea and went to Lowe's instead. We have a chest that we are going to sand and paint for Emma's room, so we bought some sandpaper and got some paint color swatches. We got back home and Mark cooked out some pork chops on his new grill (for Father's Day) and they were DELICIOUS!!!! Pork chops, baked potato, mac n' cheese, fruit salad....doesn't get any better than that. We cleaned the kitchen and off to the movies we went. We saw "The Proposal" and were both impressed at how good it actually was....entertaining for sure! After we got out, it was dark and so we drove aournd town looking at fireworks. Next year we will know to just go park south of town on a dirt road and there is a firework show going on in every direction you can see. Now we lay in bed, a laptop in each of our laps, and a black and white spoiled dog laying right between us.....oh, and I better not leave out Miss Emma Grace....she is kicking and turning and stretching and causing me great comfort (rolling eyes)....lol! SO, as I reflect back on our 4th of July for 2009, I must say it was quiet and yet, completely satisfying! Couldn't really ask for more!