Days with Abby...: Fourth of July!

Dear Abigail,

I'm baaaaack! And was so happy to see you and Katie-bug. You'd think we'd pick up the next morning and head back to our house, right? Nah. Mammaw's side of the family was hosting a family reunion on the 4th of July, which was on Thursday, so we stuck around on Tuesday and Wednesday at Mimi's house, patiently waiting for Daddy to arrive Wednesday afternoon. I don't recall too much from those two days because I was on major sleep deprivation due to jet lag. On Tuesday night, the 2nd, Munford had their big firework display. If you recall, Mimi's house is the best house to watch said fireworks because you just sit back, look up, and enjoy. Also, if you recall, you aren't a fan of fireworks. Or weren't. That's right, you convinced yourself to give it a shot and low and behold, you thought they were awesome! We had a fun night celebrating the 4th, even if it was a couple days early!

Here's you with the cousins and Kate all decked out in your American attire.

And you even ventured to holding a sparkler, which I have since learned is worse for you to play with than an actual bottle rocket, per the ER doc, but we won't worry about that for this part...

And then the fireworks started. You were a little hesitant at first but then you realized that, with the help of Pic-pic's headphones, they weren't too loud!

We all had a really good time hanging out with friends and family. So happy you like fireworks now!! Wednesday came and went and Daddy finally got there. It had been 2 weeks since we last saw him so we were all excited! On the 4th, we headed over to the park to say hello to a whole bunch of family! A lot of these people we haven't seen in 4 years, aside from things on Facebook, so it was nice to see everyone. Here are some highlights from the family reunion.

Hooray for Daddy!

And for Pic-pic, too!

We had tons and tons and more tons of food, including lots of desserts, but unfortunately the ice cream truck spotted a ton of kids and made his way to our family reunion!

The time came for family group pictures and most of us were happy to participate...
Here's Mammaw and Pawpaw and us...

And then just us (can you tell yet who wasn't crazy about participating???)

Mammaw and Pawpaw

Then Mammaw and Pawpaw and all their great-grand children.

Yeah, your sister preferred standing on her head...

And then Mimi and all her crew!

After pictures, you kiddos played and played and played. And somehow fought over a flannel blanket. In July. At a picnic outside.

John Michael brought his power wheels and everyone loved watching Aunt Lois Ann chase you kiddos around on it!

And even just chase you!

Everyone had a good time and by 4ish, we were exhausted and headed home. Mommy was supposed to take you and Kate down to Mammaws, but I decided you two just needed a good night sleep. We called it a night fairly early considering it was the 4th.
Have not fear, our journey continued the next day, when you'd think we would head home, right? Nah, we decided to join Ash-ash and Uncle Jay at the lake! We headed up Friday morning and were happy to hop on that boat! Em was with Ash-ash and while it was a bit cloudy (with a couple downpours!) on Friday, you still enjoyed your boat time!