*Tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on?

Oops! Um, it's been a while, hasn't it? Here's the thing, we went on this AWESOME cruise at the end of April. I fully intended to write a blog post about it, but just couldn't find a chunk of time to do it enough justice. So, then life would happen and I felt guilty thinking about writing another blog, but not blogging about the Disney cruise.

So, here's what I'm going to do... I'm going to keep up from this point on. I have some creative projects planned, exciting business ventures, and things going on in my life that you might interested in. But, I'm going to go back and update with as much as I can in the past. I don't really care if it's a blogging no-no. One of the big reasons I started this blog was because I think it will be fun to look back on later on for myself and the kids. So, I want to fill in whatever gaps I can! So, look for some updates in the very near future!

And the rockets red glare...

Well, we didn't celebrate Independence Day in our usual fashion this year. It was a pretty laid back affair this year...at least from our house. Russell works nights currently and his schedule is so weird. He works roughly 10pm-6am, so when he goes in at 10pm on Sunday, it's referred to as Monday. This works out nicely when he is scheduled to work holidays because he gets holiday pay, but is off around 6am on the holiday so he has most of the holiday free...minus sleep anyway!). Well, Russell was scheduled to work on the 4th of July, but we thought this would be perfect because he would get home at 6, sleep until noon or so and be ready for fireworks! But, because the 4th landed on a Monday this year, it was decided that the circle fireworks would be done on Sunday night since everyone had to work on Tuesday. And by that time, the day was full, so Russell couldn't take it off.

Unfortunately, Russell had to work that night, so he was pretty tame and had to leave before things got too crazy. Also, I wasn't feeling too well (I later went to the Dr. and had a sinus infection), so I didn't do a great job of representing my house...of course, that didn't stop me from drinking the bucket drink or dominating the Spoons table. :-)

Overall, it was a fun night, albeit on a smaller scale than past years, but it got me really excited for the annual circle party!!