Time To Relax

It was an exhausting weekend but we had a good time. I can't believe how fast time flies. We got up to the in laws about 10:30 on Thursday night after riding in the car for almost 5 hours. Little man was at my parents house so we got a break when we picked him up because we stayed about 30 minutes to load his stuff and eat some dinner. The fireworks happened to be on Thursday night at 10:30pm so we ended up skipping them and pretty much just going to bed because we didn't want to rush down to the crowded beach as soon as we arrived.

Friday we got up, got ready, and headed to the parade at 10am. It was a long parade and Little man wasn't sold on the whole experience, he did however, love the candy that was thrown! Afterwards we walked back home, had lunch, and then put Little man down for his nap. R and I went downtown to the Arts and Crafts fair (which I swear is identical every year) and then hit up some stores downtown. We headed back and Little man was up so we hung out and made dinner. We didn't really do anything exciting on Friday night except took a walk down to the beach following the race course that R was going to run the next morning.

Saturday morning we woke up early and R ran in the 5K race. This was the same race we both did last year, which was our first 5K race that we did together. It was very poorly organized this year and we ended up having to wait around for 2 1/2 hours for the awards to be passed out after the race was over. Had we known it was going to take so long we could have walked home and showered, ate, etc.... R ended up getting 3rd place in his age group and ran the course quite a bit faster than last year. It was the first race that he could actually compare his times since it was the same course.

By the time we got home it was lunch time and then nap time for Little man. R and I showered and then walked downtown again to hit up more of the shops. We ate lunch at a cute little pub restaurant and then got root beers at the coffee shop and played checkers. It was about 4pm when we arrived back home and we wanted to take Little man to the beach for a little while. It was a great time to go because the sun wasn't so intense and people were leaving so there were parking spots up close. Little man LOVED the beach! He's been before but it's been quite a long time. When he was a younger he didn't like the sand much but he really had a great time making sand castles and going in the lake. We headed home about 6:30 and then made dinner. R's friend was in town and so after dinner we got Little man in bed and went over to visit him and his wife.

Yesterday we got up, got ready, took Little man to the park, and then went and had lunch at our favorite pizza place. We got on the road about 12:45 and made it home about 5:30pm. We unpacked and organized stuff a bit and then went to bed. I'm still exhausted and I have exactly 3 days to recuperate before we hit the road again for another busy weekend.

Hope everyone had a nice 4th of July!!!!