Independence Day!

Well our Fourth of July started out with Josh waking up bright and early to run the PeachTree Road Race....with 60,000 other people. :)  Heath (in our small group at our ATL church last year) wasn't able to run, so Josh (after some seriously peer pressure) ran in his place.  He did a great job!  And his knee felt fine! So now that we've re-opened the race can-o-worms I'm sure we're in for a lot more of those!  So that was over before lunch...and then...

our ATL church hosts "Freedom Fest" regularly and we spent several hours there with our old small group.  Lots of lawn chairs, blankets, snacks, good music, and friends!  And kids. LOTS of kids.  Renae and Jack had a great time...

Ok so maybe it doesn't look like it in this picture, but they were actually not thrilled about stopping playtime for the family pic!  Renae tried out lots of lawn chairs, ate lots of popsicles, and danced a lot...Jack dumped out lots of drinks--OH and took his first steps to our friend Stuart (which he has not repeated since), and played with Stuart and Jeremy (and our 5 year old friend Connor) the majority of the evening. 

 

 

 

 

 

How many pushups can you do with a million kids sitting on you?  The best fire-fighting training there is right?

 

 

So unfortunatly, neither kid liked the fireworks.  Renae nearly choked me the whole time.  Wouldn't even look at 'em.  Which is weird cause she liked them last year.  But it was also WAAAAAAY later than last year by the time they started the fireworks and she was really tired.
Stay tuned for the Nebraska-wedding portion of the trip!! :)