4th of July weekend

Ok, I realize this is late, chalk it up to a lot going on in my life right now. We had a great 4th of July weekend. Andy was able to NOT work for all 3 days (a small miracle in our house) and we spent the time doing fun summer things.







On Friday, the actual 4th, we spend the day at my parents, enjoying the Evanston Parade and a cook out. We got to hang out with my brother Jon and his girlfriend Caitlin and had a great time. Joshua missed the first part of the parade, but seemed to enjoy what he did see, especially the entries with music. I enjoyed the memories of growing up and seeing the ETHS band. Hey, they aren't great, but I was a proud member for 4 years and I even got to say hello to the conductor who hails from my days in high school.



On Saturday, after an early wake up call from Joshua (he was up a lot with all the noise from the pyros in our neighborhood, which I will NOT rant on here), we went to breakfast at m. henry *YUMMY* and then hit the beach for an hour and a half, making sand castles. Andy got sick of the sand, so we went home and Joshua took a SUPER long and early nap from 11-2 (he was tired, just like us). After nap time, we hit Millennium Park with friends. Joshua LOVED the water fountain, and thought it was very funny.

Sunday, was more low key with church in the AM and a brunch to celebrate with our friends the Campings as they dedicated their son at church. We had another day of eating really good food (too much, notice a theme for the weekend?) and spending time with friends and as a family. When we finally got home, we ALL crashed for a nap. What a great weekend!