weekend recap: july 4th edition

As many of my long-time readers know, 

July 4th is my favorite day of the year. 

You can find previous recaps here, here, & here. 

This weekend started on Thursday for me. 

Yay for four day weekends! 

Fourth of July mani

Thursday, we celebrated D's little sister, M's birthday. 

She turned 19 on Thursday. 

Friday, I had lunch with my two best friends. 

It was the first time all three of us were able to get together since Christmas. 

So, it was way overdue. 

We definitely talked wedding plans. 

I miss seeing these two every day! 

Friday night, D and I had supper with his parents & sister; 

then we watched fireworks in a neighboring town. 

Saturday, we spent the day at the pool with D's extended family. 

We ate way to much but it was a great, relaxing day. 

Outfit of the day 

I am sometimes called the "kid whisperer." ;)

I baked snickerdoodles & a cheesecake. 

Both were a hit with the crowd, 

we only had one piece of cheesecake leftover. 

Isn't my niece the cutest?!

Saturday night, we went and watched our town's fireworks show. 

They did a really great job this year. 

It was an excellent show. 

Sunday, we had supper with D's family on his dad's side. 

Overall, it was such a fabulous weekend. 

It definitely lived up to previous year's Fourth weekends. 

How did y'all celebrate the Fourth? 

For my non-American readers, I hope y'all still had a great weekend too. :D 

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independence day recap

I had a super long weekend 

because I had Thursday & Friday off from work.  

Yay for a FOUR day weekend! 

This weekend was just perfect. 

I will try to be as brief as possible and not bore you with too many details. 

Thursday: 

I had to do a fun patriotic manicure. 

Many of you know about my LOVE of fireworks already. 

This year I got to see fireworks two days in a row. 

Once on Thursday and then again on Friday! 

Wednesday was D's sister's 18th birthday and we celebrated on Thursday. 

We went to a neighboring small town 

and had supper and watched their fireworks. 

Friday: 

I baked an apple pie and brownies 

for D's family gathering. 

At the family gathering, 

we grilled hamburgers & hot dogs 

and spent all afternoon swimming in the pool. 

We capped off a great day by going to see more fireworks! 

Our view waiting on the fireworks show

Saturday: 

D and I went to his cousin's house and went tubing. 

They also had a giant swing off of a dock. 

It was so much fun! 

However, my arms are still killing me. 

I think it's possible they may fall off. ;) 

Sunday: 

D and I had a lazy Sunday morning, 

drinking coffee, eating cinnamon rolls, 

and watching Wimbledon. 

We were both cheering for Federer, but Djokovic won. 

It was still an excellent match to watch. 

Whew! I think I summed that up pretty well. 

I saw most of your recaps yesterday 

and everyone seemed to have an excellent Fourth as well. 

I know it's a day late, 

but I am linking up with Picture Practice. 

SUYL: 4th of July Traditions

Today I am linking up with Kelly's Korner 

Show Us Your Life series. 

This week the topic is 

4th of July traditions. 

Independence Day
is seriously my favorite holiday of the year. 
I love it more than Christmas and Thanksgiving. 

I have always been very patriotic 
and I love anything to do with history. 

But also on a completely different level, 
you get FIREWORKS 
and no obligatory family dinners. 

What is not to love about July 4th?! 

I have never really had any traditions. 
Unless you count mandatory viewing of fireworks as a tradition. 
I have seriously driven hours to see fireworks 
when my local show has been cancelled because of weather. 

D's family, on the other hand, does have traditions. 
Every year the entire family, 
I'm talking 40-50 people, 
gathers at D's grandparents' pool house. 
There is always food, fun, and lots of swimming. 
Definitely my kind of people! 

D and I almost missed fireworks last year because of rain, 
on our FIRST Independence Day together. 
We hadn't been dating quite 3 months yet. 
It was flooding 
where we initially planned on watching fireworks. 
So, D literally sped to get back to town 
and just as we arrived the 
first fireworks were shot off. 

Close call!

My plans this year are to hang out with D's family, 
eat, swim, and watch fireworks. 
Sounds like a perfect July 4th to me! 

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happy independence day!

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happy independence day

"Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, 

for the first time, 

it was decided that man is born with certain 

God-given rights; 

that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, 

with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. 

We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should. 

Happy Fourth of July." 

~Ronald Reagan~

 

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Independence

My favorite holiday of the year is 4th of July!

I see Independence Day as a symbol that freedom can be attained by anyone who wants it badly enough. {and is willing to fight for it} This day is a reminder that freedom is not easy and is not free. Brave men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our freedom. It is a symbol of hope that one day everyone will enjoy the same or even greater liberties than what we have today. As long as people embrace the ideals of freedom and liberty and are willing to fight for them and not be swayed by the "easy way out," everyone can be free. 

Oh yeah and....I really LOVE fireworks!!!

Happy Independence Day!