Happy 4th!

We've had a really great day together with just the four of us.  We had thought about going to the kid parade and firework show at the High school tonight, but it is 103 degrees and still climbing this afternoon.  We may be able to see the fireworks from our house though.
We played some croquet this morning around 10am and it was already pushing 90 plus degrees.  I made some amazing guacamole.  Casey said it might be the best batch I've ever made.  :>)  I also made some hamburgers.  They would have been better cooked on a grill, but we don't have one, so I cooked them on my griddle.  Ethan said, "Thanks Mom, that was a great burger."  Then, the finale was home made ice cream!  I cooked up the base yesterday so all we had to do today was scoop the ice in and turn it on.  It was the best ice cream we have ever had.  Seriously!  The ice cream base was very easy to mix up.  Definitely a keeper. 
We are continuing to get our house in order.  Slowly but surely.  We put up most of our pictures and frames yesterday and today we are continuing to unpack and set up the "stuff."  We have a mouse that is going to drive me over the edge if we don't catch it soon.  I'm tired of washing all my dishes and utensils before we use them (just in case) and of course after we use them too!  GRRRR...  We are going to set up a bunch of traps tonight and pray that the Lord will deliver this mouse into our trap.  (I want proof it's gone!) 
Casey went down the road to the grocery to pick up a few things and saw a large solid wood entertainment center with a "take me" sign on it.  Our tv and stuff has been sitting on the floor since we moved here, so it was a great find.  It is huge (like 6 ft. tall by 4 ft wide) but it actually doesn't look so big in our big "entertainment" room.  Our neighbor/land lord saw us trying to unload it (I have no idea how Casey got INTO his truck all by himself!) and came over to help. (I was mostly standing trying to figure out the best way to help without getting hurt when he came over.) They are really nice and I think we are really going to like it here.