Fourth of July

We made the best out of Fourth of July holiday this year since it happened to land right in the middle of the week. Any excuse Haidyn has to be out at her Hootsee and Papa’s house she is taking full advantage of and counting down the days until she’s there.   Typically we spend the holiday with our holiday with the family out at the lake but this year everyone had to work the day of or the day after so a lake day didn’t pan out. We made it out to Wadsworth in enough time to spend a couple of hours at the lake for a day and have Haidyn chill in her pool for the rest of the time. She has no qualms of being in the water for any given amount of time .

Little fact about myself, I can’t swim. It’s a stupid fact and I know that I need to figure out my life and learn but right now its not happening. Haidyn learned that her Hootsee and Daddy CAN swim so at the lake no f’s were given about me giving her tips on how to build a sandcastle  because I didn’t know how to swim like Hootsee and Daddy . She wanted to swim with them, which was the cutest sight ever. I got in the water for a bit to sit / stand in because it was too damn hot outside but eventually ended up back at the tent to read.

After our lake day, we spent the rest of our time relaxing at home. Fernley has some pretty gnarly fireworks but I didn't want to deal with the crowds, lines or Haidyn freaking out because of how close the fireworks actually are . We opted to avoid all the drama and set off some sparklers. Good thing we kept it simple because it was so windy by the time we were setting them off that it took us a good 20 minutes to find a good spot / way to light them off.

 

Haidyn stayed with her grandparents for the remainder of the week while Waymon and I had to go back to work for one lame day . Haidyn was already begging to go back to Hootsee's as I was picking her up. I feel you baby girl being out at Hootsee and Papa's is my favorite too. I can't believe that summer is almost over! I can't wait for our other summer trips!

Fourth of July Weekend

Heaven on earth to me is when I get to spend entire days with my family and that’s exactly what I did this past Fourth of July weekend. I didn’t stress, actually I had no care in the world with exception to being present with my family. Our days were spent soaking up the sun, getting sand between our toes, dipping those toes into Pyramid Lake and not giving two shits about my ceviche and wine consumption. Getting away for those three days made a huge difference for our family. Waymon and I have been working non-stop and the weekend we finally got to unwind. I even slept in until 7:35am. (Yup, you read that right Jannine stopped being an overbearing control freak for the weekend).  

Waymon and I packed up the girls to head to Wadsworth Saturday morning and everyone knew exactly where we were going. The girls freaked as soon as we pulled up to my in-laws’ house. Haidyn got right to playing outside with both of the dogs. We found out this weekend that the dogs have been lying to all of us when they seem to not get along. I caught them hanging out with each other while everyone was busy inside.  We figured they had to keep their affection to a minimum to keep up with the facade of them “hating” each other.

This year was special for us since this was the first year Haidyn got to see the fireworks. She was pretty impressed with them to say the least. If you ask her what fireworks do she’ll tell you that they go “BOOM!” which went hand in hand with her new phrase of “OH YEAH”. You can only imagine how funny the entire weekend was with those two phrases being replayed over and over again. Haidyn also got to meet all of her Wright uncles. She was just as excited to see them as they were to her. Haidyn ran around with her cousins, she kept up for a little bit until she finally gave up and threw a fit to go to sleep. Kudos to her for staying up til 10:00 pm. I was also hanging on by a thread at that time as well so I can’t blame a girl. 

Now, it’s back to reality for all of us and we’re already ready to head back to the lake for more time in the sun. Thank god we get to go back this Saturday!