4th of July Weekend

It was very nice to have a 4 day weekend! Although I had so many things planned out to get done and I maybe got through a quarter of them . ...I guess it made for an even more relaxing weekend! Rob's family had some relatives in town from NYC so it was a busy weekend!

Saturday morning there was a birthday party for my nephew Steven who just turned one. Due to the heat - the party was a breakfast swim party from 8:30-10:30 in the morning. The weather was probably in the high 80's even at that time of day but nice enough to enjoy breakfast outside without being too uncomfortable!

On Saturday night - the Bodine clan met for dinner at Tia Rosa's (a popular local Mexican food place). After dinner the girls headed off to watch the Devil Wears Prada movie and the boys went to Superman. I thought the Devil Wears Prada was a pretty good movie although with all the cute clothes in the movie - it just made me want to go out and do a bunch of shopping!

Sunday night - the Bodine clan again met for dinner but this time at my in-laws house. We had a fabulous Sunday dinner and afterwards the adults played the charades like game of Guesstures and then ventured over to my brother in law Warren's house for a few hours of karaoke. Quite entertaining with the Bodine's not being the most musically inclined in the voal area!

Monday night was the large Bodine family home evening. I am still not sure who all of the people were there! But then again - I don't think Rob did either and they are his relatives.

Tuesday (the 4th) was a busy day. Rob got up and went quad riding bright and early while I slept in. That afternoon we headed out to the Arizona Biltmore where the Bodine cousins were staying and relaxed in the cabana and pool for the afternoon. We hurried home from there to get ready for a barbecue with some friends in the ward and then headed out after that to Tempe Town Lake to watch the fireworks. Rob's family met up with us there. Now keep in mind it was over 100 degrees still at night and humid due to a storm that was rolling in. The fireworks show was probably 50 minutes but I think all of us were ready for it to be done after 20! It was so hot and stuffy outside. And we were in a very crowded place. It took us over an hour to get home which is crazy since it is normally only a 15 minute drive home from there. I decided that next year we are either going back to Seattle for the 4th of July or we are staying inside and watching the fireworks on tv. It just wasn't a good experience with it being that hot and crowded out!