4th of July!

July 4 is one of my favorite holidays. I love being at the lake and watching fireworks. But ever since Ryan came in the picture years and years ago, 4th of July is, well, a little different. His birthday is July 3, so now my favorite holiday is all about him and what he wants to do. Boo! Luckily most of the time he likes to be at the lake too!

We went to Lake Lemon on Saturday the 2nd and stayed until late Sunday night. My dad has gotten a new pontoon boat and also a new fishing/ski boat. Raegan got to drive the boat!

Say hello to Captain Raegan!


The fireworks at the lake were on Saturday night. We can see them from our dock since they are shot off from Riddle Point. It was a great show. Much better than the Fishers Freedom Festival fireworks. Raegan didn't pay any attention to them. She would go boom boom boom to some of the loud ones. Every once in a while she would say ewwwwww or ahhhhhhh. But otherwise had no interest. She would rather play with the flashlight.

For fathers day Ryan got a new set of Titleist AP1 golf irons. And so for his bday I got him custom made cornhole boards. I have a friend from college whos parents live on the east side of indy and make them. I ordered them back in May and picked them up last week just in time for his birthday. He designed them and they did a great job.





On July 4 we spent the day at home relaxing and getting things done around the house. Ryan and Raegan washed the Jeep for me. She is such a big help!





And I spent all afternoon of the 4th putting 4 coats of white paint on Raegan's headboard, footboard, and bed rails.

Bed before


Bed after





We, as in Ryan, then spent 3 hours trying to connect the headboard and footboard to the bed frame. Total fail. I had to order footboard connectors from Amazon. They will be delivered next week. So she is sleeping on the twin mattress on her floor with her new bedding!