4th of July in Kentucky

 One of my favorite memories growing up was that of being in Campbellsville for the 4th of July.  I looked forward to that particular day every year.  There was always something about seeing my town filled with lots of people, enjoying the festivities and having a great time.  The balloons were always my favorite and I didn't mind getting up EXTREMELY early to be able to see them lift off.

Since moving to Maryland we haven't had the chance to go back and enjoy the 4th in Campbellsville.  This year -- since it was on a Friday, we took a few extra days and made the trip.  The weather was absolutely perfect, the balloons got to fly and there was a lot of people in town!  I couldn't have asked for a more perfect 4th of July!

We didn't get up to go to the balloon race on Friday morning, but the balloons decided to come to us!  They flew over my parents house that morning and we got to enjoy them anyway!  We also didn't go to the city lake that night to watch them pass over (the girls were having too much fun in the back yard) but 1 of the balloons decided to land in the parking lot right behind my parents!  

This trip truly did bring back so many memories for me when I was a child -- and still loved every minute of being able to enjoy a hometown 4th of July.

Happy 4th Birthday Layla

I can't believe that we are already celebrating 4 years.  How did that happen?  I feel like she should just be walking by now.  

On her birthday, she wanted us to take her to dinner.  Okay...we can do that.  So where would our 4 year old want to go?  "I want to go to the Firehouse place that has rice and noodles..." Where in the world is that?  Brent and I kept naming places that it might be -- nope, none of them.  So I asked Layla if she could tell me where it was.  Yeah..It wasn't far from here, and there was a parking lot close by...After realizing it was in a close shopping center, we figured out that she wanted to go to the Hibachi place. Remember, she is 4!!!!

Once we got there, it was a bit loud at another table and she decided that's not where she wanted to be...Sorry, child. This is where we are eating!   She soon decided it was okay and she ate her rice, noodles, chicken and shrimp!

And of course you have to have dessert...So Yolavie it is! 

For months, Layla has talked about having an "Elsa Water Party".  What is that you ask?  It's the character from Frozen -- and she wanted to have her party at the pool.  We hesitated about having it at our pool, but decided that we would try it since most of the people we would invite would be in the neighborhood anyway.  We also decided to have it later on in the day -- when the pool was the least busy!