Fun on the Fourth

This holiday was a bit different than most because our family was split up for most of the day.  Dave has been wanting to run the Peachtree road race forever and finally the holiday fell at just the right time so he could do it . . only he was injured. :(  He decided to give it a go anyway and headed to Atlanta Sunday morning with the kids.  I had already committed to a race here in Charlotte so I stayed behind to run here and honestly get some serious to-do list action done! By 9am I had run, showered and was ready to tackle my list.

Meanwhile back in Atlanta, these kids were having a blast!  Sunday was spent exploring the nature center and swimming at Grammy & Papa's neighborhood pool.

Today was the big race day for these two guys.  Apparently the race was hot and crowded, but they still had a good run.   

Ready to head home

Dave's trip home with the kids was uneventful, thankfully!  Once they got home we had a quick dinner and headed out to see fireworks . . or what we thought were going to be fireworks.   After the long weekend no one was in the mood to drive to Carowinds and wait for 10pm fireworks, so we tried to view local in Waxhaw.  Only when we arrived there was NO ONE in our normal spot.  We pulled out our phones only to find that the fireworks were last night.  Oops!  We drove around for awhile searching for some good ones close by but finally decided to just go home and watch them on TV.  We did let the kids burn up the sparklers on the deck before retiring to bed.

Happy 4th!