Relaxing Vacation

Michael decided to take a vacation last week so we headed up to Dallas for a few days and then worked around the house the rest of the week.
We began the vacation with my birthday. We ate homeade ice cream, roasted marshmallows and made s'mores

rode the tractor and bikes,

and played croquet. Then we headed up to the city of Melissa for an evening of fun and fireworks.

The city of Melissa had a big bash before the fireworks. Josh was so excited when we drove up and he saw all of the bounce houses. Grandpa had no choice but to pay the $2 for the bracelet so he could participate in all of the festivities.

The boys saw a helicopter up close,

bounced 'til they couldn't bounce anymore,

had their faces painted,

and had a go at the dunking booth. Josh truly thought that he was going to walk up and throw the ball, hit the bullseye and watch the girl dunk in the water. Well, it didn't go quite the way he had planned. He tried three times and then walked up and pushed the bullseye, maybe next year Josh ;)

We had a fabulous time and Josh made it through about two fireworks and slept through the rest.

Take notice to the halo that suddenly appeared after he fell asleep, Yeah right!! Nice try Grandma Denton.

Mike and I are city kids so we have never gotten to experience doing our own fireworks. We drove up to the local fireworks store and purchased some low key items such as tanks, worms, sparklers and these little cone things. We had so much fun setting them off and the boys wanted more and more.

We attended a roughrider game with G&G Patton and Aunt Missy on Saturday. They had fireworks after the game also, which was really cool.

Jacob loved singing "take me out to the ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch. (which he had practiced the entire drive to the game, lucky mom and dad).

Josh's favorite part, I would have to say, misting himself with water, taking pictures and drinking and eating again. :)

We headed to Mike's parents for a few days where the boys spent much of their time in the pool playing. They had a lot of fun in Dallas and did not want to leave. They were happy once we arrived home and reunited with their playroom. What a great trip and now I guess it is back to the grind.