4th July Weekend.... Mom & Dad's anniversary, My bday and Brett's Bday

 I had not been to my parents fishing camp in a long time.  So sometime back in early May we were all talking about it and my dad made the comment we should all come one weekend, so I told my kids that we needed to make a plan and all go.  We decided on 4th of July weekend because I would have Monday off and we could celebrate Brett's bday (6/30), My parents anniversary (7/3) and my bday (7/8) all in one weekend.   I also knew we needed to set a date and go ahead and plan it by asking mom & dad.   Their camp isn't that huge and some of my brothers like to also take their families up there during the summer.  I knew there would not be room for all of us if my kids, their spouses, etc. were going.  So we made a plan and mom put us down on her calendar for the camp that weekend.  Brett was excited because he had been wanting to cook everyone some crawfish.   He wanted to show my parents how good he could cook.   He's really amazed me since he moved out.  He cooks a lot and loves to cook!   

The weekend was HOT and didn't end exactly how we had planned, but overall it was a good weekend.  Brett cooked up some fabulous crawfish on Saturday.  He added potatoes, mushrooms, sausage, corn, & asparagus.  Everyone enjoyed and as a mother, I loved watching my son cook.  

 ~~ Hanging out with your adult children is like visiting with the most beautiful and precious part of your life. ~~ They start out as tiny people we adore... and grow into our favorite people as adults. 💗

Everyone enjoyed each others company.  We missed Matt, Aybri and Gary who did not make the trip unfortunately.  One of my brothers, Robert, has a camp also on the river and joined us for the crawfish feast and soon his wife, and daughter Hailey with her husband and son joined also.  Here are a few pics:

Zoie got lots of loving!

My parents enjoyed watching their grands cook! 

Me and my brother, Robert 

I tried to take a selfie of our table.  

I took these looking down from the top of the stairs at the camp.   We finally got to see Hailey's baby in person. 💓 

Baby momma, Whitney, started feeling bad that afternoon.  We all thought it was the spicy crawfish, heat of the day and her climbing the stairs to the camp several times.  She decided it was best for her and Brett to go home instead of staying the rest of the weekend.  We tried to talk her into staying and played it off as she was just tired and should rest.   However, they ended up leaving Saturday night around 8pm or so, but not before she gave me and Brett our birthday cake she had made 😍  We grabbed a few pictures and they left.  

My parents little fishing camp

Erin and I were sad when Brett & Whitney left.  That left just me and Erin with mom and dad.  We were like... man ... now what we going to do to celebrate the 4th without everyone here.  We had hoped the whole crowd would be there all weekend.   But you know my mom... she pulled out her puzzles and we went to work.  Man puzzle are HARD! Especially a 1,000 piece one!  I think I may of drank a whole bottle of wine and ate 2 pieces of cheesecake besides my cake Whitney made 😂👀😬   I had a nice sugar high. 😂 Erin and I laughed at mom so much!  It was a good night... even if we skipped dominoes or cards that would have been easier for me LOL .... Mom loves a puzzle so that's what we did.  Sometimes that's what you do when you LOVE someone... you focus on them.. not you. 💖

The next day dad took us out on the pontoon for a long ride.  There were lots of boats and jet skis at certain points of the river.  Everyone had a flag and was dressed for the 4th of July.  Black Warrior river is HUGE! Not like Leaf River back home.  We had a wonderful day with my parents.  It was a quiet day.  We thought we may see Robert again, but we didn't.  I'm glad I was able to go stay a few days with my parents.  I'm lucky to still have them and I love that my kids also take time to spend time with them!  Later in the evening Whitney texted us to tell us she had ended up going to the doctor because she could not shake feeling bad and she tested positive for COVID 😰😭  I felt just AWFUL for trying to talk her into staying all weekend.  It never crossed my mind that she might have COVID! So now we were all worried... she was 29 weeks pregnant and now has COVID! I prayed a lot that night before going to bed.   Thankfully she is recovered now and the baby is doing good! 🙏  We are on the countdown till baby wood gets here... 10 weeks! 😍

And that's a wrap for our 4th of July.   I hope you all had a wonderful 4th and remember... spend time with your FAMILY  💖