Monday, Ivy ended up sleeping until 8:30 so the girls missed swim and dive but did a fantastic job cleaning up the house while momma and dad worked. Mid-morning Holly Talley asked if the girls would like to join them at the pool so she came by to pick them up for a little pool fun. When Lisa got finished work she headed that way to join them then after an afternoon of fun we went to eat at Habaneros for dinner. No pictures though since we were busy all day and forgot about a daily picture. 

Tuesday,  the girls headed to the ranch to ride horses bright and early again. Chris headed into the office to start his hybrid work week of working in the office Tuesday and Thursdays. Lisa did not start working right away as she was not feeling that great. Shortly after 7:30 Leia called and said she had a headache so Lisa headed to the ranch to pick her up early. Lisa ended up napping a couple hours when she was going to lay down with Leia while Leia played on her iPad. The alarm went off which alerted us to get Ivy. Lisa worked a couple hours and took Leia to vision therapy but other than those two things we chilled at home. Ivy was excited when she discovered a dozen or so strawberries on our plant that they girlies got to pick and eat late that afternoon. All the ladies in the house had on PJs before 5 pm. We watched a couple Disney shows but went to bed early to rest up. 

Wednesday morning, Chris took the girls to swim and dive then Lisa picked them up. Ivy had a friend pick her up at 11 for a day of fun at her grandmother’s pool. Leia had a chill day with momma watching TV and not doing much in the house; we skipped the pedicures and lunch with Mimi and Rhoads’ since momma was not feeling like it would be as enjoyable when she does not want to sit up right more than 15 minutes at a time. Chris picked up Ivy from her playdate and headed straight to her long awaited basketball party where she finally got her championship trophy. Mimi was here when they got home to take Ivy to her house for some one on one time that Ivy had requested.  

Long awaited basketball team party


and the girls finally got there state champ trophies 
 
Chris entertained Leia that evening; loved hearing her laughter! 
Ivy enjoyed her one on one with Mimi and snuggling with her

Thursday, we slept in at our house. Mimi cooked Ivy her chocolate chip pancakes, took Ivy to get her nails done, and rode the golf cart and bikes then called and offered to come get Leia for lunch and the rest of the day since Lisa was not leaving the couch again. So thankful for a momma who comes to get the girls and provides entertainment when momma is not up for it. Mimi even brought the girls back that afternoon when she picked up Katie for her one on one night. We chilled out at home with another movie night with popcorn and mom/Ivy played Uno before bedtime. 

Ivy enjoyed her breakfast at Mimi’s

Sweet Leia built a fort in the living room

Mimi and Ivy rode bikes and the golf cart then picked up Leia to join in on the fun 

After playing with muffin the cat and swimming they came home and Ivy got to enjoy the tent too with our movie night

Friday morning, it was storming when we woke up so the girls skipped swim and dive again since there was no drop off and neither mom or dad could sit up there just to see if the pool would open. Thankful mom was feeling a little better but still decided to have a chill day after running to Walmart and picking the girlies up breakfast. The girls hung out in the tent that Leia built on Wednesday and played down stairs most the day. That afternoon, mom finally broke down to go to the doctor after almost three days of no energy to get a shot and medicine so we could enjoy the 4th of July weekend with family and friends. That evening, Chris and the girls headed down to the Talley’s for game night but had to have an early return for an early horse back lesson the next morning. 

Back to couch and playing in tent on the rainy morning 

We were up bright and early to be up at horse ranch for a 6:30 lesson. Lisa’s car would not start so we had to take Chris’s while he put a battery charger on the car to take it to the shop for a new battery. When we pulled into the ranch Mackenzie was pulling in too. Lisa offered to bring her home so Mark could go home but he said he would do it so she headed home to pickup a little after being down for the week. Once the girls got done and house picked up Lisa and Ivy escaped the house to run to Athletea since they were running a sale, go swim and have lunch at Mimi’s, then we ran to Hobby Lobby to pick up a couple things we had been putting off getting. When we arrived home Grandpa and Deedee were already there. We cooked some tacos then headed to the Hoover Country Club fireworks that evening with the Talley’s. It was fun throwing balls, freebies, and enjoying sweet time outside. As the sun set we pulled out the glow sticks we had grabbed that afternoon. The kids made necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and even belts with the sticks; they provided a lot of entertainment but best part of the glow sticks was that we could see them and find them in the darkness before the show. The show was good the fellowship was the best. 

Thankful to get out of the house! Mommy and Ivy went to Mimi’s to swim and Mimi painted Lisa’a toes since she missed getting to go on the mother/daughter pedicure day

Set up for the fireworks

Games and sweet fellowship


Thankful for time with family

The kiddos had fun with the glow sticks! 

 
 
Enjoyed snuggling with Ivy to watch the fireworks

Sunday was the 4th of July, America’s independence day. I pray our children will grow up in a “one nation under God” just as our pledge of allegiance says. The televisions show there is more and more devision recently in our county and fear creeping in that we will not be able to unify again. Today though we turned the televisions off and it was perfect. We got together with family and friends at Mimi’s pool and enjoyed laughs, good food, sweet fellowship, games, and more. Thankful for a fun day, celebrating America’s birthday with some of the people we love. 

Ready for some 4th of July fun

Appetizers out

Pool open for fun



 








Grilling and chilling

Enjoying a yummy lunch
      
and games by the pool


Thankful to spend the day with people we love!