Happy Fourth!

One of the perks of being married to an attorney is that you get to become law abiding citizens. Maybe perk isn't the right word. The other day Jonah mysteriously came home with a box of firecrackers (thank you, family!). Josh decided there was no way we were keeping them. However, can you really just throw them away? What if they blow up? Josh solved the problem by turning ourselves in, more or less. He actually called up the fire department to ask what we should do about them. After perplexing the Town of Gilbert for awhile, he was referred to the police station to turn them in for destruction. Should I be impressed or annoyed? Jonah knew exactly how he felt about it...


In the end the kids had fun going down to the police station to hand over the illegal merchandise. And we all get to feel great about being law abiding citizens again.


In other news, Jonah has found his favorite great-uncle. He had a great time at Uncle Brad's place viewing his trophies and I think we've got a future hunter in the makings here. Tonight as he was getting ready for bed he told Josh that his bedtime story had to be either a "...fishing story or a hunting story. You can choose, Dad." Lovely.


We're headed off to Haigler now to celebrate the Fourth and spend some quality time with the Allreds. Wahoo! I can't wait. Jonah is perhaps even more excited. Last night as I was putting Ellie to bed he came in and very seriously said, "Mom, we've got a big day tomorrow."
Which is why I better stop blogging now and finish (more like start) packing.