Happy 4th of July Recovery Day!!

Well yesterday was awesome! James and I had gone out to my Dad's on Monday and got a pickup load of flat sandstone. It was a good trip and we had lots of fun even though it was work. Some of it was quite large and heavy. We had decided to add flat rock to extend the deck and have a place for the chimnea that we have. When we got home it was pretty late in the afternoon and we had other things to take care of. So we didn't get started until yesterday. We had to do some digging so the rock would be easy to mow around and then we added sand for a base. After we placed the first to huge rocks it was like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. We would try different stones in different spots until we got one that looked good. We managed to get them all placed but have to go back and put more sand under some of them and then when they are how they need to be we will add colored mortar. I'll see about posting a picture when we are done.
We had to quit early yesterday as we had to go get the sand and mortar, and then we headed off to the big fireworks display at the park.
We were amazed by all the fun things they had for the kids to do. All the games and inflatable toys were free to play. It was great. Brendon and Jeremiah both went on the inflatable climbing wall. Brendon made it to the top and repelled down like he had been doing it all his little life. Jeremiah made it half way up and lost his footing. When he looked down to find a place for his foot he realized how far up he was and told the man " I think I can come down now please". It was cute. He really doesn't like heights very much, but we were surprised he went as high as he did. Oh course, I don't have pictures because I forgot the camera in the car and none of us wanted to walk all the way back just to get it. So our memories from yesterday will just have to be written about instead of being able to look at the pictures and remember. That's okay. Lesson learned I guess. Anyway, the boys had a blast and then we decided it was time for Levi and Daddy to have some fun. They had a real rock wall there and they climbed that. It was fun to watch them too. James almost made it to the top and then lost his footing and slipped. Once you start to go there's not much you can do about it. So Levi headed up and we thought he was going to fall too, but he hung there by one arm while he got his footing and his grip with the other hand. Well he made it, so of course poor James got teased pretty bad for awhile.
After a little while we caught up with Levi's girlfriend, Becca, and her family. We found a good spot to cop a squat and waited for the fireworks. The boys were pretty patient. I was totally impressed. Then at a little after 10pm the first rocket went up. It was great. They had awesome fireworks and the finale was unbelievable. We will probably go there again next year. We were all impressed and had a great time. I've never been quite that close to all the action before. I mean we were sitting right under them when they were going off. It was like so cool. We were laying there on the blanket and you could feel the blasts in your chest when they went off. IT WAS AWESOME!!!
We didn't get home till about 11:30 or so and James had to get up for work this morning so I'm sure he will be dragging today. I better go for now as he will be home soon for lunch. I'll try to write more tonight. Have a great day all!! Especially my BIL and SIL. Love you guys!!

PS. I'm catching up Don!! ;)