so this is what the fourth of july weekend is like without your kids coming and going with mini explosives and. that half gallon of milk that was just there 15 minutes ago..
no extra clothes in the laundry.. toothpaste cap actually still there and I'm not worrying at 1 pm if someone is going to be on roads driving home... somehow like most things.. i imagined this would. be different...
no wonder we celebrate the coming of grandchildren

it hit me the other day that the fourth was soon to be here
in times gone by I was the one figuring out the menu
cooking for all the in-laws
trying to figure out how much meat to buy and some kind of patriotic dessert
oh crap did I forget the sparklers...
and what were those snake thingies ya lit on fire
and poppers for the kids to throw at each other
that left little bits of paper all over the place
bug spray and a blanket and what time did those fireworks start again
worrying about where we were gonna park
and was my father in law gonna grumble about it all night
would the big boomers scare the baby

not this year
this year my daughter in law has invited me out
my son is going to man the barbeque
I am only driving to their house
but my son is driving us all into the fireworks
my job as Nana is to oooh and ahh with my grandson
and smile and remember all the fourths that have come and gone
and just....be

sounds perfect.. we wo uld just throw lawn chairs and a mattress in the bed of the truck, a football, a cooler and enough bug spray to start a submarine

ha...you must be related
pretty sure that is also how we used to go the drive-in

well I say we go campingo this weekend

where's your beard man? no time for that school begins Monday
Ya Labor Day weekend is when you see the mad dash to the campgrounds
for one last hoorah
have a good one T

Good luck this semester