July 4th

Eventful Independence Day here for us.

6:15am - alarm clock goes off. snooze.

6:35am - roll out of bed, look outside, raining, get online, more rain coming, debate on if we should go to the Buffalo Trace 5k race or not

6:45am - decide to go, Emma wakes up on her own...she is "becited" AKA excited about the fireworks. she doesn't realize that they start in 15 hours.

7:15am - leave for the race - jogging strollers in the van

8:00am - race starts, pushing Emma in the jogging stroller. Freya is with friend Riley in the dual baby jogging stoller...Anna and Marcie sharing the weight.

8:01am - almost ran over some kid

8:22am - Emma declare's that she is "finished with the race". I concur with less than 1/2 mile to go. raining hard now.

8:25am - we made it to the finish line. Emma wins the fictional "stroller division". 25:30 pushing 60 lbs. I'll take it.

8:30am - Anna has aborted the race with Freya because of the rain. We leave and head to Franklin County High School

8:45am - run 400 meters around the track. 67.4 seconds for me, 86 for Anna. click here for details on why in the world we would do this. also, watch this video for a laugh. Emma doesn't want to run...not looking good

8:55am - head home to get ready for guests. Realize that Emma is sick. 102 fever. movie time for her.

11:15am - guests arrive. cookout begins. lots of meat on the grill

2pm - guests leave. naptime

4pm - best family nap ever. Freya sleeps 1.5+ hours and Emma goes down for 2.5 hours. She really must not be feeling well.

7:30pm - go to the clubhouse to argue handicaps (must be a golfer to understand) for the golf tournament this weekend.

9:15pm - get home, Emma is still up and ready to roll to see the Frankfort fireworks display.

9:38pm - fireworks start

9:52pm - fireworks end, weakest display ever. Emma loves it.

10:15pm - bedtime