Happy 4th! (a little late)

We had a nice, relaxing day yesterday. It was SUPER hot! I think it got hotter here than in Texas!! Woof!

The day started out with Bean having a short swim practice. Only two kids showed up, so the coach was able to get them through their workout in just over an hour instead of the 1 1/2 he had scheduled.

Next, off to the Freedom Fest where Bean had entered her "Pantry Explosion" cookies in the cookie contest. I thought her cookies were fabulous and I normally don't like cookies (once they aren't dough). There were supposed to be 4 categories: (1) Decorated Holiday, (2) No-Bake, (3) Healthy (had to include cereal or fruit), and (4) Cookie Maker's. There was supposed to be a winner in each category and then a "best in show" award which would win the grand prize. They had a grand total of 8 entries. So, I guess they decided to just give out "best in show" and not do the other category winners. And, the "grand prize" was a child-size apron that would barely fit the skinny, petite woman who won. The lady running the contest kept bemoaning the fact that they never get a good response for this contest. Now, I think I know why. This base has a habit of doing a half-way job of organizing things, a half-way job of publicizing things and then they always wonder why they don't turn out the way they thought. Oh well!

Hubby and Bean had lunch at the Freedom Fest. I decided to wait until we got home (I wanted Chicken Tenders and Onion Rings, but they told me that the meals were set up the way they had to be sold, so if I wanted Chicken Tenders and Onion Rings, I would have to pay for Chicken Tenders and Fries plus an order of onion rings and I just couldn't see myself paying $9.25 for Chicken Tenders, fries I didn't want, and Onion Rings. Plus an additional two dollars for a soda! Anyway, I had a Tomato and Cheese on Toast sandwich when we got home. Defintely a better choice, both financially and health-wise!

We mostly hung out around the house the rest of the day until Hubby grilled his famous burgers and dogs for dinner. Yummm!!

We started watching the match between Germany & Italy until it was time for the fireworks. Since we live on a HUGE hill, we thought we'd be able to see the fireworks from the base with no problems. We just forgot about the 9 million trees between us and the base. Oops! No fireworks for us this year.

After Brazil and England were eliminated, Bean and I had decided to root for Germany and now they've been eliminated. Sigh.

You know what, looking back over our day, it seems like the only things that went really right were swim practice and the Hubby burgers! Oh, well, I got to spend the whole day with my family and that makes it a great day in my book!

TTFN!