Independence Day

This year didn't quite pan out how I had imagined it going. I was excited for Stephen to have the day off so we could spend some time together as a family, but he woke up sick with a little stomach bug. He did end up going with us to the park and to watch fireworks. What a trooper! So we went to Murray Park for a tiny carnival for the kids in the afternoon, then we went to Aunt Rachel's house for a family BBQ, then we did a few of our own fireworks at home before going to watch the big show. Unfortunately, Lucas fell off the front steps onto the concrete head first putting a good sized goose egg on his forehead, then Zander burned his hand on a sparkler. I didn't see him do it, but Stephen did but was too far away to do anything about it. He grabbed the sparkler right as it stopped sparkling and it burned his pointer finger, thumb, and everywhere in between. Poor boy! He has three blisters on his hand and fingers. Then we watched the fireworks from our car while Lucas slept through them. All in all it was a good day.