We got back from Utah on July 3rd. On July 4th we invited Papa and Grandma Michaelson to come down and spend the long weekend with us. Andy had to work some and it was also Papa's birthday on the 7th, so it worked out well. We attended the 4th of July breakfast at church and then went swimming with some friends. After cleaning up and Ian getting a nap, Papa and Grandma arrived. We enjoyed a barbecue dinner and then doing sparklers once it got dark. We opted out of going to a firework show, since we had gone to one up in Utah. The girls enjoyed the sparklers and Ian enjoyed watching:
On the 5th, Andy went into work and the rest of us enjoyed a lazy morning. Once Ian was ready to go down for a nap, we left Papa in charge and all the girls went shopping. Grandma always likes to take advantage of real city shopping! :) After Andy got home that evening we went bowling. We had the bumpers put up for the girls, but I think we all appreciated having them up. We all enjoyed bowling, even though some of us did much better than others...
Ian was pretty thrilled when we got home from bowling and Papa humored him by taking him for a bike ride:
We enjoyed Saturday together as well. In the morning we went to the pool. That evening we celebrated my dad's birthday, since they would actually be driving home on his birthday. So, we went out to Olive Garden. And you see this cute, unsuspecting little boy pictured below? Well, he made Olive Garden interesting. They were really slow and soon enough Ian tired of the high chair and coloring. So, I plopped him on the booth next to me. He was cornered in and safe. Pretty soon he was playing with my wallet and I didn't think anything of it. He was happy and we were all enjoying our food by then. Well, pretty soon someone brought it to my attention that my credit cards were disappearing. Ian found a little crack in our cushion and was putting them down that crack. We weren't sure how things were going to work out. Luckily we were able to lift up the booth cushion and retrieve my credit cards before leaving. Crazy boy!
After we got home the kids put on a birthday performance for Papa with singing, dancing, and guitar playing. However, the most fun was letting Ian take control of the microphone:
And of course there was birthday cake:
Helping Papa blow out his candles (we did 8 candles, 7 for each decade + 1 more = 71 years young):
We definitely enjoyed our 4th of July weekend. Our kids got spoiled with grandparent time this summer and we wouldn't have had it any other way.
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