Fourth of July

Jonathan and I work most holidays being in the medical field, so we did not know what to do with ourselves being off this week for the Fourth of July. We went to a firework show in Bartlett on Tuesday night, which was so much fun. Skylar absolutely loved the fireworks, she kept saying...."I just can't believe this, it is just so beautiful." They had a moon bounce, face painting, trampoline, all kinds of activities. The Fourth is one of my favorite holidays....just makes me even more proud to be an American and I love the fact that it brings everyone together to celebrate our freedom. Wednesday, we went to my parents house in the country and spent all day doing more of my favorite things. We all went swimming, played water volleyball, road four-wheelers, shot some skeet, ate Moms famous honey burgers, danced along to the jukebox and shot fireworks. Jonathan bought Sky all kinds of fun fireworks. She helped him pick some out in the store as well. She loves to shoot them. My Dad, JT and Sky are always the ones to shoot them off while me, Mom and my sis just sit back and watch the show. I definitely enjoyed our holiday with our family! And being down at my parents place in the country is paradise anyways and always makes me forget about the daily stresses of life and just puts me totally in relax mode.

Thursday, Mom took JT, Sky, my sis and me to the water park in Philadelphia, MS. We all loaded up in the van and watched movies the whole way. We kind of had Christmas in July because we watched the movie "Santa Paws" two times. One of Sky's favorite movies. We all had a good time at the water park, besides their strict rules. We only had to yell at the lifeguards twice. Skylar, Mom, Crystal and me were all floating the lazy river and Sky rode on my tube with a life jacket on and we got in trouble because apparently kids are not allowed to ride with their parents in the same tube. So it is a way better idea to have my 3 year old child "swim" the lazy river with her life jacket on. NOT! And the lazy river is supposed to be that...LAZY. All these crazy kids were swimming and racing and not in tubes. I was very annoyed. Had to yell at a few punk kids and tell them to WATCH OUT! Then there was the wave pool. We all have our own floats and Sky has her life jacket on, we are just a floating to the waves and usually in a wave pool the waves make you float all over the place because the water is moving ya know... well Skylar crossed the blue line by accident and the lovely life guard blows his stupid little whistle at her and tell me, "She CAN NOT be behind the blue line!" I had somethings to say obviously, like I am pretty sure she did not mean to float over there and what the hell is the point of having a life jacket on? Last time I checked it kept you from drowning! Then of course my sister and Mom chimed in and we started being smart asses to everyone. Don't mess with the Morelands! (My maiden name) Sky was a little disappointed that she was not able to ride any rides because she was not tall enough but all in all we had a good time there. Sky called the beach area, her pretend beach trip to FL. She slept the entire three hour drive back home. Great time with my great family!