Our 4th of July weekend.

Let me just start out by saying that we had an AWESOME weekend. Josh didn't have to work on Monday, so we had 3 days together. I love 3-day weekends.

We started our Saturday off with some breakfast, followed by a trip to Menards. We have been putting a lot of effort into our house lately, finally trying to live like 'real' adults. (I wrote this post about our beginning project). This weekend, we focused on the backyard. Josh had put in some edging, planted some lillies and hostas and mulch a couple years back, and we didn't keep up with it. Needless to say, it looked awful back there. He pulled weeds and got all the leaves/sticks/etc. out of the area and filled it up with the same kind of rocks that are in the front yard planter area. Then he spent some time with his new chainsaw cutting down little groups of bushes. Our backyard is not fenced in, and we have a dog that uses a run connected to the house when she goes out to do her business. She is always getting caught around these bushes, digging holes underneath them, and making the area look gross. So Josh took care of it! It looks awesome back there now.

Saturday night, we drove to Holland to have dinner with my family for my dad's birthday. My brother is in town from California (he is in the Navy), so we got to see him too. That was nice.

That's Josh, Cameron, me, my dad, soon-to-be stepbrother, dad's fiance, soon-to-be step sister, my brother and his girlfriend. Phew. 

We drove home after dinner and got back just in time to walk down to the high school to watch fireworks. Cameron did not love them, but didn't hate them either. Not to mention, it was 10 before they started, and he was exhausted from screaming half the car ride home.

Alright, on to Sunday. We spent some more time playing in the backyard. It was SO hot though. Cameron took a nice, long nap, and we headed out to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner. I am forever craving tacos. After dinner, we did our grocery shopping, then came home so Cameron could see his grandma. She brought over the changing table she bought at a garage sale and repainted for us. Hannah's room is now 99% done. There are a couple of wall decorations that still need to be hung up, and picture frames that have to wait for her to be born, but besides that, her room is done!

We headed to Dairy Queen after Josh's mom and step-dad checked out all the work he had done in the backyard, and Cameron got his very own ice cream cone. Now, when MIL ordered the ice cream cone, she told them she wanted a 'baby sized' cone. We assumed they would put a tiny bit of ice cream in the cone and give it to him. Heck no! That thing had about 4 inches of ice cream on top of it, and with the heat, it melted way too fast. He loved it though, and ate a little bit of ice cream and most of the cone. Then, he helped his dad drink his milkshake. My boy has a sweet tooth!

That is not the best quality picture, but you can clearly see how much he loved the ice cream!

Monday was spent with more time in the backyard, followed by lunch and some shopping. I hope you all had as great a weekend as we did! I can't believe we have one more weekend as a family of 3, then Hannah will be here! We are so excited!