Happy 4th of July

Today was a wonderful 4th of July. You know how I'm a little scaredy cat when it comes to fireworks. It's not the fireworks or the noise they make. I'm always afraid we are going to catch something on fire. So fortunately we awoke to a wonderful rain shower. Someone said we received an inch of rain this morning so that eased my mind considerably!

Dayne came over to spend the day with the boys. They played catch with the baseball for hours. Then they popped the smoke balls and the pop things you throw on the ground and they make the noise. This kept them busy till around two when we decided to jump in the pool. By this time of the day the sun came out and it was very humid so the cool water felt great!

At 5:00 p.m. we headed up to the Garber park for the festivities there. The FFA puts on games and provide hamburgers. There was also a trailer that had drinks and snow cones. The first event was the tractor pull. This was awesome. They had little pedal tractors that pulled weighted sleds just like dad used to do with trucks. Those kids would pedal for all it was worth. Jenni came home with a third place trophy and Josh came home with a second place trophy. It was awesome!

Next they had a wheat dig where they put money in an old stock tank and filled it with wheat. Each age group of kids would climb in for a couple of minutes and try to find the change. All my kids ended up with over a $1.

Then it was off to the sack races. Jenni had a blast. Jessi and I, Stacia her dad, and Jessica Cinnamon and her mom entered the three legged race. We came in second. No pictures of that but I bet it would have been hilarious.

The last event was a tug of war. They had an adult division and Tim got on one end and I got on the other. Each team had about 10 adults and my side won. There again no pictures but they would have been funny.

Then they played an adult softball game. I'm guessing there are some pretty sore men out there this morning. There were a few women that played but mostly men. They had so much fun. Jessi, Stacia, and Jessica C. all played with them. Jessi didn't want to go. She was mad because I made her and she is the one that said when we got in the car to come home how much fun she had.

When we got home we set up the table with our fireworks. The kids each took turn lighting them. They had a big time doing that. We saved the parachutes for tomorrow so they could chase them.

We all had a good day. Tim even made progress on the TV's and cabinets in the motorhome. Only four more days. I made out the packing lists for the kids so tomorrow we will begin loading our clothes.