Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Happy 4th of July!

 This year for the fourth of July we were invited to spend the weekend with Jennifer's family near Corsicana.  They have a lake house on Richland Chambers and it was a much needed mini vacation!  The little neighborhood that their house is in only has about 10-12 houses and everyone knows each other and they celebrate the fourth every year together.  In the morning they have a "parade" where everyone decorates a lawnmower, golf cart etc. and rides around the loop a couple of times. Then they have a lawn mower race, kids games, and a firework show.  Jennifer's son Cutter rode with her brother Rob in the parade on their lawnmower, it was so cute!
 The fireworks show was pretty awesome considering everyone in the neighborhood chips in for the entire thing.  Colton and a couple of our friends went out on the lake in the evening and were coming back when they started the show.  They did it on one of the boat docks and we were literally laying down on the boat watching them.  Fireworks have never looked that big and have been that loud!  Then we decided to move when we were getting covered with the cardboard pieces falling from the sky!

They also had this little pond with bass and perch in it right in front of their house.  The guys started fishing in it to take Cutter, well he reeled in a few then moved on to something else but of course the guys continued to fish in it for a while.  It was fun watching them because every cast they threw they had a bite in a matter of seconds, that's MY kind of fishing :)
 We left on Friday and came back on Monday and up until Thursday we were planning on taking Korbyn with us.  Thursday morning my mom called me asking how she was feeling and sounded pretty concerned that she may not feel up to going this weekend ;)  so she offered to keep her for the entire weekend.  I was VERY nervous because this was the first time that we've been away from her longer than a night.  I couldn't help but be pretty neurotic about the whole thing and I actually typed up a letter FRONT AND BACK of how to take care of her!!!  Looking back it was kind of ridiculous but I know my mom said she had to look at it several times (I'm telling you this girl is set in her ways and knows what she wants!). 

Well it was a much needed break for Colton and I.  I haven't felt that relaxed in a very long time.  And we got to spend a lot of quality time together too which was SO nice.  Of course I called my mom every morning and every evening to check on her.  The first couple of times was pretty easy, then it got to the point where I was tearing up when I was hanging up the phone, I missed her terribly :(  So of course Monday morning I was ready to head home the instant I woke up and it was the longest drive in the world!  When we got to my mom's house I turned the corner and I saw her playing on the floor and she looked at me and started getting excited and moving her arms and feet and I immediately started crying because I was just so overwhelmed with joy to finally hold her again!!!! 

I never in a million years thought you could ever get this attached to someone.  I always knew that it would probably be a little difficult to leave my baby but OMG!  It's awful and I never want to do it again!  BUT in two weeks Colton and I are leaving for Colorado for an entire week...I don't even want to think about it.

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