Thursday, July 8, 2010

4th of July/Bits of our weekend





The Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday-probably because my birthday is on the 5th so it ends up being a weekend of parties and fun. We spent some of the weekend looking at houses in Buckeye Lake. While we were driving home from vacation we got the crazy notion that we need to move to Buckeye Lake and live on the water-oh and so do my parents-LOL!! So who knows, if the hearts win we will be sitting on our pontoon boat having a weekend long bash on the lake next year for the 4th. If the brains win, we will be waiting a couple of years and maybe in 2012 we will be partying on the lake!! We will see.

On to our current life-not the dream one we have been living lately. Unfortunately both of us had to work Friday for the big Red, White and Boom bash downtown so we didn't get to take Collin to see the big fireworks show. Wyatt got off in time to get Collin picked up and watch the fireworks on TV...not as much fun but Collin seemed to enjoy it.

Saturday we were off work and ready to partay!! We went to Amy and Em's house for BBQ ribs and chicken-YUMMO! Oh and some Sangria and coconut cake and lots of other yummy stuff! Collin got to meet some new friends, Alanna and Alexander. I think they all had a great time playing!




I'm pretty sure they hit it off-LOL! Alanna is his hero now because she found his Lightning McQueen race car that he lost in Amy's yard and it was returned to him the next day. Man was he excited! He has been talking about it for days!

After dinner we headed to the Dublin Fireworks.


Then back to Amy's. The boys had hinted heavily that they were really, really, really looking forward to watching the UFC fight. We got back in plenty of time so everyone was happy!

Sunday was the REAL 4th of July! We smoked our first brisket ever-very good!




We went to the DooDah Parade and corrupted our son a bit! I love the WTH look on his face!
And became painfully aware of his intense fear of CLOWNS! He hid behind the chairs for most of the parade only peeking out for candy. Had I known the circus would scar him to this degree we never would have taken him! LOL

We had some good friends come over to celebrate. Collin had a great time playing with Kinnedy and Trenton! He was really sad they didn't join us at the fireworks!
Finally, we headed to our secret spot at the Hilliard fireworks!
If I told you I'd have to kill you...that's how good it is. If we were any closer we would be lighting them! 
 

Fun Fourth of July!


On the 5th...did I mention it's my birthday??

Collin "helped" me open my birthday presents!
So he got a big smooch from Mama! Notice I wasn't even out of my Pj's yet!!
We spent the day at Buckeye Lake looking at houses again and having a nice relaxing, quiet, alone family day...but that didn't last long. Once we got home Wyatt had to go take care of some unavoidable business which caused him to miss the entire evening with us. He missed dinner, friends coming over and birthday cake. He almost missed us being awake too!! It seemed to really bother Collin that Daddy "missed the party" so he said "we can have another party and Daddy will be there" then he added "but next time it will be MY birthday" LOL!!!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy