I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I was completely oblivious to the fact that it was a holiday until Friday night. I would usually be looking forward to a long weekend for weeks, watching it get closer on my calendar every day. I don't know how it snuck up on me like that. But we had a great time hanging out on our three-day-weekend.
We have decided that our Fourth of July tradition is going to be eating at Snuffer's--the fireworks shows down here have been kind of hit-and-miss, but the food at Snuffer's is always good. We did it last year, and managed to find ourselves there again this year before fireworks. Ohhhhhh the cheese fries....... my arteries harden a little bit just thinking about them! I should probably go to jail for letting my kid eat them as some form of child abuse/neglect, but thankfully, so far, there are not laws against feeding your kids junk food. In all seriousness, I do think my health is in danger every time I set foot on premises. The cheddar fries, by themselves, have 1 whole pound of cheddar in them, and weigh in at somewhere between 3500-4000 calories. And of course, Kevin and I add bacon and chives to ours... oh, and, did I mention that we dip every bite in ranch dressing. mmmmmmm. fried, cheesy, salty goodness.
(this terrible image is brought to you from the worst in-phone camera on the planet)
Afterward, it was raining cats and dogs. We weren't sure we'd be able to see any fireworks, even so, we went up to Addison's KaBoom town again this year. Instead of driving into the thick of things all the way into town, we headed to the redneck haven of the wal-mart parking lot. (It just felt so very American.) It sprinkled on and off, and for some reason, the show started about 20 minutes late, but they did not cancel. Hooray! We were pretty far away this year. Maddie loved the first few, but the excitement waned toward the middle. Somehow you need to be much closer to fully appreciate them, but it was a nice trade-off that we didn't sit in hours of traffic on the way home.
so excited!
doing a little jig...
soooooo tired. She was fast asleep before we got out of the parking lot. No surprise there. It was way past her bedtime before we even went. All in all, a lot of fun. Hope you all had a Happy Fourth!
