The 4th

The 4th of July started bright and early for us. Andrew was awake by 7:15am. Since Daddy had gone to pick up his friend Matt and his wife Jenna from the airport last night (including an unfortunate delay), Mommy tried to let him sleep in. But Andrew wanted to play and run around our bedroom. Every now and then, he would come back to James and ask for Dada. So much for sleeping in!

Later in the morning, Mommy had to leave to meet Uncle Mike, Aunt Janine, and Cousin Stephanie (who were driving in from San Antonio) at Ngoai's shop because Ngoai was going to do Stephanie's hair. After that, we headed back up to the house to pick up Daddy and Andrew and set off to the Grand Lux Cafe for some lunch. Lunch was delicious--as it always is there! Since Andrew hadn't taken a nap yet, he immediately fell asleep in the car on the way home.

We hung out at the house this afternoon. Mr. Donnie and Emily were outside playing; Andrew wanted to join them of course. Daddy was nice enough to take him down to see his friend. The kids played with Emily's sand and water table (today, though, it was only just water). That Emily is just so cute!!

After dinner of steaks and shrimp, we headed to Miller Outdoor Theatre to hear the Houston Symphony and watch fireworks. The hill was packed, but we found a decent spot on the back side of the hill. Unfortunately, we could barely hear the symphony, but could make out some songs. However, Andrew was not interested in the music, as he was more intrigued by the people and the dogs. We had to take him for a walk to go find some ro-ros.

The symphony played for a long time. We were anxious for the firework shows to begin. We had all had a long day and were getting tired (and a bit agitated). It was already 10:20pm; and the fireworks display still had not begun. We decided to call it a night and went home. Well, apparently, we didn't have to expend all that time and energy in the first place. We could see the fireworks from our house. It's not the best view, but good enough! Oh well, we now know for next year. And poor Andrew missed it all because he fell asleep on the way home. I had hoped to see how Andrew would react to the sound and sight of the fireworks, but I guess we just have to try it next year. But it still was a good day. We were just happy to get to spend some time with the Gonzaleses.

We hope that everyone had a great 4th of July too. God Bless America and all Americans everywhere especially those serving our country on foreign soil who aren't able to be with their loved ones!