We hope everyone had a happy Independence Day weekend! We began our July 4th getting up earlier than usual (especially for a weekend) so we could go do a 5k. We actually had to wake Hank up (which is a sign of how early it was because he’s turning into quite the early riser). We made it to the race with what we thought was plenty of time to get our timing chips and line up for the start…
at the 5k
However, just as we approached the table to get our chips, someone crossed the finish line. What a disappointment for us, the race began half an hour earlier than we thought it did! So we hung around and waited for a few friends (who only signed up for this 5K because we were doing it) to cross the finish line and then we headed home for breakfast and a workout… so sad to have missed that race….
check out my tooth!
Saturday afternoon, we drove to Comanche to celebrate the 4th of July at Hardinview Farm with our friend Patrick and his family (and their friends). It was a lot of fun. Such a lovely place, and we didn’t even see most of it! Since we arrived in the early evening, we stuck pretty close to the house. We did however visit the lambs. We think Hank was more fascinated with the grass than the lambs, but we can’t be sure. Hank got to stay up past his bedtime to see the fireworks. We were able to see a great display from the front lawn of the ranch. It was lovely because we had a magnificent view but none of the sulfur and smoke and since we were farther away from the blasts, it wasn’t very loud. Once the fireworks got into full swing, Hank was simply mesmerized by them. I’m really glad he got to enjoy them without being scared by the sound of their explosions. Shortly after the fireworks were over, we drove home. We had a very busy Sunday working around the house, but it was still pleasant and we had a fantastic weekend.
4th of July
On Monday we had someone from the Texas Forestry Service come inspect our oak trees. We learned that the area we live in is now an oak wilt sensitive area and some of our neighbors (a few blocks away) are dealing with infected trees presently. So we wanted to make sure ours were healthy and have a plan in place to protect them. We have one mature oak in particular that we are especially attached to. In fact, when our house was built, Tyler had to do extra work and alter our floor plan just to save that tree. We certainly don’t want it to become infected with oak wilt. Fortunately, our trees are all healthy and we have a few more growth cycles before we need to take any action. Hopefully we won’t have to take action at all and the oak wilt in our greater neighborhood won’t impact our trees or those right around us. Ah, the joys of home-ownership. Really though, we are very blessed and we love our home!
Tyler’s and my birthdays are coming up. This weekend we’ll be having family and friends over for our annual day-in-between-birthdays-party. It should be a great time…
this was Patrick's toy when he was little
Hank really liked the sunflowers
he especially enjoyed trying to tear the petals off
with Patrick
watching the lambs
watching the fireworks