4th

We are having a GREAT 4th of July weekend! It's so nice to have Tony home on a Monday.

My mom made this 4th of July banner for me...thanks mom :)

On Friday, we went on an adventure to the drive-in theater. I've heard people say they take their babies to the movie theater all the time & others say don't do it. This was our in-between to see a new movie. We saw Toy Story 3 & Prince of Persia. Charlie did pretty well. He got a little fussy towards the end of Toy Story, but so did I. I cried and cried when Andy was leaving for college...I never want Charlie to grow up...He slept through the second movie though.I would say the night was a success!

Before we went to the movie, we had picked up a couple new toys for Charlie. This little car...
which converts into a walker/pusher kind of toy and a kiddie pool for the backyard! I'm so excited for this! We're going swimming this afternoon :)

On Saturday, we had plans to go to our ward pool party but that was canceled because of rain. It was a gloomy day! We took up an offer to go blackberry picking at a member's home in our ward. Free blackberries? Yes please. Tony and I picked in the rain while Charlie slept in the car. It was quite a fight for the berries we got. Those bushes are thorny! The next day at church, the lady whose home we were at brought us a big bag of frozen blackberries. We'll have to make a cobbler or something out of them. As for now, we've been eating them on vanilla ice cream. So good...On Sunday, we went to church and had dinner with a family in our ward. One of their sons is in my sunbeam class. It was so nice of them to invite us over! We had hamburgers and hotdogs--the perfect food for the fourth. When we were getting ready to leave, the boy in my class ran up to me saying, "WAIT, don't we need to say a closing prayer?!" What a cutie!
After dinner we headed straight to the park to see the firework show. We met up with our friends Taylor & Megan. We played phase 10 until the show started. Thanks guys :)

Both Tony and I were really worried about Charlie. I thought we'd probably have to leave halfway through the show, but we were pleasantly surprised! Charlie LOVED the fireworks! In fact, I think he sat more still through them than I have ever seen him. He was in awe.
It has been a late night weekend. Poor Charlie is way off of his usual schedule so hopefully we'll get back to normal soon :)

P.S. the 4th is my father-in-law's birthday. Of all the holidays, this has to be the best one for a birthday! Happy birthday dad! We love you :)

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!