See what happened was...: Happy 4th of July

This year is going down in the books to remember. We started the day off with Rylan getting his car started after sitting for 3 months while we were gone. You would think just hook up jumper cables and it would be fine, however his car is equipped with an alarm system. So anytime the battery dies it goes off sounding to the whole wide world that the car does not want to be taken. This is a nice feature since it is a Honda Accord that gets great gas milage and it is paid for (no car payment). While Po'okela took his morning nap, Alohi and I head to walmart to get groceries. When we got back the car was still not started, but Ry had a plan that would take me helping too.

We had a quiet lunch as a family and rested for our church cookout. Kids took great naps and Rylan and I were able to get the car started with me turning the jumper thingy on (don't ask me what because I don't know what it is called) and Rylan pushing a button with turning the engine on within 5 seconds. Yay we got the car started!!

When kids got up from their naps we headed out to the church cookout. I got to learn a whole new part of our area, which I knew we had but never ventured there. The families house we went to had a pool, horse shoes, trampoline (which while going thru out shed, I found out that we have one as well... well I am not sure who's it is, but it is in there and I may make good use of it) and volley ball net. The kids had a blast!! Thankfully most of the kids remembered us and the youth girls took care of Alohi while in the pool. We got to visit and catch up with our friends we haven't seen in a long time. Po'okela loved the attention and I was able to pass him off to friends without a problem. There were a bunch of times where people introduced themselves to us and said they were glad we came to visit. Little did they know that we were back. It was kind of funny and I think it is going to happen each time we are away in OKC with Rylan's job.

However the best part of the day was returning home just as the last bit of sunlight was fading away... from our front yard, we watched the skyline light up with fireworks. THE WHOLE SKYLINE!!! There were times I didn't know where to look because there were so many going off. Then our neighbors were putting on a show as well! It was AMAZING!! We watched for over 2 hours! I am sure we would have stayed out longer, but I was getting eaten by mosquitos (which one I am having a horrible allergic reaction to) and Rylan had to go to work in the morning.

It is great to be back home and start new traditions with our family!