4th of July and weekend

Hey Blogger friends,

So on Friday, my alarm clock went off at 6:30am but I automatically woke up at 6:14 exact! I have no idea why though. I went upstairs to see if anyone was awake but of course everyone else was sleeping!!!!! I woke them up though (very gently) and at first my mom was going to stay home with the baby but he woke up so we all left a little after 7am. By the time we got to the parade we had already missed the first 30 minutes or so but fortunatly we found a pretty good place to set up our chairs to watch the parade. We also got free donuts! Mmm... Anyway, the parade was really nice. My baby brother didn't like the loud parts like the fire trucks and monster truck but we would cover his ears so the sound wouldn't be too loud. After the parade (it ended around 9am) we went home to change into shorts and t-shirts (we had dressed warm in the morning cuz it had been barely over 50 degrees!) and we took a break and the baby and my mom took a nap. At about 11:30 we went to the 4th of July parade after party in a nearby park. They had hotdogs (all beef fortunatly!), chips, water, pop, and Guernsey ice cream and EVERYTHING was only a nickel! Yes you read that right! Just 5 cents for anything you wanted! And they had contests for kids. My brother and I came in first place for the waterballoon toss and we both got a free hullahoop, giant bubbles, and squishy footballs. My sister won a pail and shovel for the beach in a water game and she got a hullahoop too! We had lots of fun. My baby brother didn't get any treats except a taste of hotgog bun! LOL But that still kept him happy. He didn't get upset until we were leaving because he was due for a nap. When we got home, we were more tired than when we woke up that morning! We all relaxed and some took naps. I read my book, The Rising by Tim Lahaye. My dad had rented movies and we watched Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium. It was ok but not a movie that I would want to watch over again. I went to bed kinda late. I woke up Saturday kinda earlier than expected. After breakfast, we all went outside and spread out new mulch in our yard. It took a while but it looks really nice now! I was tired afterwards. Then I helped my mom weed the garden (a painful job). Then my dad trimmed the many many bushes in our front yard and we had to pick up almost every piece of bush trimmings!!!! I strongly dislike that job but I went through it quickly through teamwork and wanting to get it done.
Sunday morning was peaceful. We had a nice breakfast of eggs and toast at around 8:30 and then after eating and cleaning the kitchen, we got showered, dressed, and left for Church. After Church, we went home to change into more comfy clothes and went to a festival. The festival was small and dreadfully lame so we left after a little over thirty minutes (it took less than that time to look at it all!) and we got burgers from an old fashioned burger place and took our good food to a local park. We had a very pleasent time and it was nice to walk around the park. Then we walked to the ice cream store just down the road from the park and my mom and I split a cherry malt, my dad had an orange twist, my sister had a orange sherbert (a very special treat), my younger brother had an orange twist and my baby brother was sleeping so he didn't miss out on anything in his dreamworld. : )
When we got home, we took turns showering and relaxed and enjoyed more of God's beautiful weather outside.

Until next time,

Butterfly