One of Stephen's good buddies from high school and his family live close by in Tennessee. They invited us up for a BBQ with their family. So we decided to escape from the city for a day. Unfortunately, they called us the night before and told us that their little girl was sick so the family wasn't coming over for the BBQ. Well, we decided we'd better not chance it either with Andrew and so we'd stay home.
Then the next morning Stephen and I decided that since he had the day off we'd run up the rest of his sail boat gear. His friend, Jason is storing our small sailboat and has a small lake on his property where he can sail it with his boys. So we figured we'd still go up anyways and take the rest of the gear and just not stay....well, after driving and hour and a half we arrived...they convinced Stephen since they were going down to the lake that they should take a few poles and take Andrew fishing.....Well, that turned into a big event and then it was lunch time... before we knew it we were firing up the grill and having a bbq.
Ahh well, we did keep Andrew pretty much separated from their little girl who was sick, but the sad part is she's 3-years old as well. And it's been a week and we've had no sign of sickness at our household. So I think we were successful.
We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to get away for the day. They live on a beautiful little farm, with lots of land, chickens and dogs and an amazing garden. To top it all off it has an incredible view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. While Jason and Stephen and all the boys were out fishing, I helped Maria with some last minute freezing of blueberries and green beans freshly picked and was able to cuddle and hold their little one month old baby. Then of course the big boys had to drive into town and load up on some fireworks. Nothing is illegal in Tennessee, so we had quite the show that night.
This year Andrew LOVED the fireworks. After each one he would stop, clap his hands and cheer "wahoo". The loud ones didn't seem to bother him. He'd jump, then say "oh wow that one scared me!" It was pretty funny. We did sparklers for the first time and he loved those as well. No fear in this kid. I was impressed at how long he lasted too. It's was after 10:30 before we finished and headed out. He was a such a trooper and unusually happy for that hour. Must have been all the celebrations. This years firework experience ended up being much better than last years 4th of July...hands down. No crying or screaming at all. Kids make the holidays that much more exciting and fun. Although, I'll always remember how we spent his first 4th of July. He'd just come home from the hospital the day before and we watched fireworks from inside the house tethered to an oxygen tank.
Here's a few random photos from the day. Since we weren't going to stay I didn't bring my camera or my phone. Good thing Stephen remembered his and we were able to snap a few.
Ahh well, we did keep Andrew pretty much separated from their little girl who was sick, but the sad part is she's 3-years old as well. And it's been a week and we've had no sign of sickness at our household. So I think we were successful.
We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to get away for the day. They live on a beautiful little farm, with lots of land, chickens and dogs and an amazing garden. To top it all off it has an incredible view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. While Jason and Stephen and all the boys were out fishing, I helped Maria with some last minute freezing of blueberries and green beans freshly picked and was able to cuddle and hold their little one month old baby. Then of course the big boys had to drive into town and load up on some fireworks. Nothing is illegal in Tennessee, so we had quite the show that night.
This year Andrew LOVED the fireworks. After each one he would stop, clap his hands and cheer "wahoo". The loud ones didn't seem to bother him. He'd jump, then say "oh wow that one scared me!" It was pretty funny. We did sparklers for the first time and he loved those as well. No fear in this kid. I was impressed at how long he lasted too. It's was after 10:30 before we finished and headed out. He was a such a trooper and unusually happy for that hour. Must have been all the celebrations. This years firework experience ended up being much better than last years 4th of July...hands down. No crying or screaming at all. Kids make the holidays that much more exciting and fun. Although, I'll always remember how we spent his first 4th of July. He'd just come home from the hospital the day before and we watched fireworks from inside the house tethered to an oxygen tank.
Here's a few random photos from the day. Since we weren't going to stay I didn't bring my camera or my phone. Good thing Stephen remembered his and we were able to snap a few.
Catching a few catfish
Here's what Andrew reeled in...
He thought he was so grown up in his own chair!
Playing with the big boys
They had some of the sweetest dogs and Andrew kept asking
if he could ride one like a horse...so finally we gave
in and let him. They didn't seem to mind at all.
SPARKLERS!!!
The big kids decided to get the pellet gun
out and practice shooting targets.
We had such a fun day! Thanks Silvenis Family!!
1 comment:
Looks like the dogs might have been Anatolians? Or a mix? Sounds like y'all had a blast!
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