Our Fourth

It's late and there is much tiredness so tonight you get bullet points:
  • We went down to Austin today. Drove through rain the entire time down. When it came to parade time it was coming down pretty hard. So we opted for a nice long lunch at Godfathers. Which was quite nice.
  • Over to see Steve and Micah and their 16 children. Per usual, their kids absorbed Relia into a tornado like structure and left the adults to chat nicely. Brenda Rasmussen, who lives across the street, also came over with her husband and three kids. It was also a nice time.
  • Back up to the Cities, with a nap for Relia. Felix decided to lose his rasser (pacifier) every twenty minutes or so. This meant that I got to reach back from the passenger seat and placate the poor guy.
  • Home for (maybe) a half hour and then off to the FP Gal's brother's place. He lives right near a park where they shoot off fireworks and we can see them well from his balcony. Relia was a champ throughout the whole thing. She had to duck back in the house a few times when it got too loud but mostly she loved 'em.
  • We stayed a bit to let traffic clear out and then home for us. We're a good three or four hours past Relia's bedtime. The FP Gal is putting her down and I'm hoping that it will be a short, short time.
That's it!

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carrster said…
Dahlia was up about 4 hours past bedtime. Thankfully she slept until 9am this morning! She is tuckered out though still....me too!
12:55 PM
Steve said…
It was great having you and your family visit. Relia is so sweet and Felix a cutie. Abby loves playing with Relia. I think she can't wait until her own little sister is big enough to play.

And on the sleeping side, the kids didn't get up until 10 AM this morning - and only then because I woke them up for swim lessons...
10:31 PM
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