I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. We had a bit of that situation recently. Nothing earth shattering, but we had made plans for Fourth of July, completely forgetting that this is Joe’s year to have the kids. We were kinda bummed at first, not because we don’t want them around, just because we wouldn’t be able to do what we had planned, plus having them one day during the week requires a lot of commuting which sucks. But what can you do?
To avoid having to drive all the way to our place just to drive the kids back home (can’t keep them overnight since we leave for Indianapolis the next day), we decided we should take them to see my parents. My mom loves her role as step-grandma and never declines an opportunity to have us over. Except instead of her making tons of food for us, we’re going to bring steaks, hamburgers, and hot dogs and grill for everyone. I even bought some corn dogs this weekend.
I’ll admit, we do have an ulterior motive – we don’t want my dad manning the grill because he tends to ruin the burgers by cooking them far too long. I like my meat nice and juicy and I’m getting better at grilling all the time, so I relish the opportunity to show off a bit.
Now I’m looking forward to the 4th instead of dreading all the driving around.
Burgers, dogs, and steaks? My kinda holiday!
Haha that reminds me of last Christmas when we invited B’s family over to our place for breakfast mainly because we didn’t want his dad burning pancakes as usual.