For the 4th of July, Lee ended up getting off of work early on Thursday, so we traveled to Alabama to visit Lee’s brother, Dennis and his family. Dennis just recently returned from an oversees assignment and will be moving to Kansas in August. This is the first time Lee and Dennis have spent some time together since they were both in Iraq a couple of years ago. This is also the first time Emma got to see her cousins in person rather than through a webcam.

Friday morning we went to the local pool and relaxed there before the day started to heat up. Then there was a local firework show that night with loads of fun activities and lots of displays before the fireworks. On Saturday, we spent the day doing some shopping and then eating at a pizza place for 3 hours. It is a lot like Chuck E Cheese’s but there were very few people there. Emma had a great nap while we were there. That evening we just spent time relaxing and enjoying time with each other. Lee and I returned home early Sunday morning so we could teach our primary class, but we were lucky enough to bring our little niece Katelyn home with us for the week. She has been such a great help in watching and taking care of Emma. Emma sure loves to have other children around.