How We Celebrated...Today at Least

We had big plans to celebrate our 5 year anniversary by spending the night at the Anniversary Inn. But we had an awful, stressful week. We've all been sick, which means everyone is cranky, and the kids haven't been sleeping very well, which makes us all even more cranky. Plus, Aaron has been trying very hard to finish up his thesis and get it in to his professor for review, before his professor leaves town for a month. Aaron is so close to finishing, and really wants to have the thing turned in so he can schedule his defense for the first week of June. Once his defense is finished, he'll have to make a few minor changes that his committee has for him, and then submit it to the library. Once it's submitted, he's as good as graduated. Needless to say though, this week wasn't the best of weeks to drop everything and go on an overnighter. So we've postponed that, to hopefully a not to distant time in the future. (I'll admit I was still cranky about it, even though I know it is for the best. We'll have more fun when we aren't stressed out or sick.)

Instead, Friday was a very typical day. Lincoln discovered how to climb the tree in our back yard. We made some hand print Mother's Day flowers to send to Aaron's mom and mine from the kids. (Mom and Debbie, they will be late...sorry, doing my best.)

When Aaron got home, we thought we might go buy a metal fire pit and roast hot dogs and marshmallows. We found a nice cast iron one...but it was over $300 dollars. We found a $50 one at WalMart, but it looked like it was going to fall apart any second. So the fire pit was a no go. Instead we ended up roasting our hot dogs and marshmallows in our tiny charcoal grill that has been through the war.

I was glad we did this, because now I am keenly aware of the fact that my children are still not old enough to take camping. If they can't handle roasting a hot dog in the middle of the driveway in broad daylight, they'll never be able to do it in the woods at night. So thanks to today, we can put off camping for a few more years.

After hot dogs we put the kids to bed and then invited our neighbors across the street over for S'mores. It was fun to talk to them and get to know them a little bit better. I have no idea if they thought we were psycho for roasting marshmallows in our driveway, but they went along with it. They are very nice, and I hope we can hang out with them again soon.

Happy five years to us. May our night away come sooner rather than later. :)