We had a pretty busy weekend. On Saturday I went with my mom to pick out her new kitchen appliances! After almost twenty years she is getting new stainless steel appliances, although my dad ONLY liked black (I think he would have loved these). She has been on the roll lately-new tires, new roof, and now new appliances (dishwasher, oven, microwave, range, AND refrigerator!) I’m excited to be able to use them, too!
On 4th of July, Gabe, Maddie, and I went up to Table Rock for the day. We tried to think of somewhere that had a swim area that was close enough to Greenville. We have been up to Table Rock several times since we have been together and it was the perfect little place to go for a few hours. They have a small swimming area and lots of sand for Maddie to play in. She loves the sand and water. While we were there the lifeguards out of nowhere yelled for everyone to get out of the water. After a few minutes of everyone trying to figure out what was going on, we realized that a little six year old boy was missing and they needed to make sure that he was not in the water. It was a scary situation and my heart was pounding so fast thinking that a little boy could have drowned. After about thirty minutes of everyone being confined to the beach (they wouldn’t let anyone leave) the little boy was found safe and sound…he had wandered off up on a trail. It made me realize how fast things can happen. It is pretty easy to keep a hold of Maddie at this age, but when she gets older we really have to be careful, especially around water.
After the lake we walked up the trail a little ways to a small waterfall. There is a decent little swimming area, so we got into the water and let Maddie get close to the falls. It was freezing, but she seemed to enjoy it! I was so exhausted on the way home that I fell asleep almost instantly, but our little hyper child decided to be awake the whole way home after only sleeping about thirty minutes in her stroller. I kept waking up to her randomly pointing to her knee and yelling “knee” and other random things. Yes, she is out of control. We got home about 4:00 and quickly changed and got back into the car and went over to Natalie’s in-laws for a cook out. We enjoyed some awesome food and good company. By the time we got home, I was completely exhausted. We got Maddie to bed, I took a shower, and then collapsed in bed just in time to see fireworks outside of our bedroom window. We had a great show from our neighbors. Who needs to go somewhere to see fireworks when your neighbors spends hundreds and hundreds of dollars to entertain you?!
Happy Independence Day!!
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