4th of JULY

Justin got a 4 day pass and was able to come home for the 4th. It was so nice to have him home just like normal. He got released at 12am on the 4th. We were there at 11:45 unpatiently waiting for him to be released. After we got home and got some rest, we got up and got ready for the big 4th of July parade. Its was a very very very long parade. We were so excited to get Olivia for the day that the parade could not go by fast enough for us. And she was with the horses so of course she was at the very end. After we got her though it was off to the park to eat and ride some rides. It was a blast to just spend the day hanging out and having fun with her. After the rides we headed to my uncle's house for a cookout. Olivia was amazed with their way of cleaning crabs before they were cooked. After the cookout we came back to the house to go swimming. As it got later we decided to go to the store to get popcorn and dinner to sort of picnic while waiting for the fireworks. It started to rain and we thought the fireworks would be rainned out but gratefully that didn't happen. Once the fireworks started Olivia sorta lost it. The noice really scared her. But justin was quick to comfort her and solve the problem. We got into the car and he turned the radio on to come Chris Tomlin pretty loud and he laid the front seat back and held her as we watched the fireworks. After that she was excited to watch them and comment on the colors, laughing and having a great time. Although when there was the occassional loud sound she would look at Justin very seriously and say "I can hear that" waiting for him to turn the radio up louder. It was cute. It was a great end to the already awesome day with Liv. I love watching Justin with her and all kids because it just reassures me that he is going to be a great dad someday when we get ready to have kids of our own.......years down the road of course. lol. It really made his weekend to get to spend some time with her. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to have all 3 girls but I know Eme and Abby had fun with their friends and thats whats important. They are all 3 great kids that Justin and I enjoy spending time with(he is just a big kid when he is around them, I think thats the best part for him). But it was a great weekend and I was sad to have to take him back to base.