4th of July

Maya had a great first 4th of July. Ok, I know she probably didn't know it was the 4th, so I really should say Joey and I had a great 4th of July. My weekend started on Wednesday afternoon when Maya, Tillman, and I headed up to the mountains to meet my parents at the cabin. For diner we all went to Black Mountain and had some great pizza at "My Fathers Pizza," then of course we had to stop by Bi-Lo to buy some ice cream for later that night. On Thursday Mom, Dad, Maya, Tillman (the dog who can't be left out of a mountain trip, she loves the mountains!), and I took a walk to the near-by lake (although when you are walking it doesn't seem so "near-by," but it is only about 0.5 miles from the cabin). Then, that afternoon Mom, Maya and I headed back to Black Mountain to do a little shopping and pick up some groceries. Thursday night the Steed family arrived right as Maya was having a meltdown because she was exhausted from the days activities added with only a couple of short naps. So, Maya went to bed and the rest of us had a wonderful dinner of pork chops and burnt Veggies (had to throw that one it dad!) Then, Dad, Sarah and I played a mean game of hide and seek! On Friday we all went to the waterfall and had a picnic. That night we had a gourmet meal prepared by the family chef, Chris. Maya had another melt down that night at bed time due to activity and lack of naps. But, I guess melt downs at bedtimes lead to a good night sleep because both nights she slept 12 hours. Maya, Tillman, and I headed home on Saturday morning. Maya was so cute when she saw her Daddy, she was so excited she started shaking! Joey had spent the past couple of days working on the patio and had finished laying all of the stone by time we got home!! That night we had a small cook out with Melissa, Brandon, Liam, and Berny; and ended the night watching some folks on our street put on a fireworks show.