Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Fourth Festivities

Three day weekends don't mean much when you work at a church and have to be around on Sundays. When most people sneak out of town, we are home for the holidays. But sometimes, a "stay-cation" is JUST what you need to unwind. We spent all day Monday, with some of our very best friends - Kyle and Casie. We always spend a lot of time with the Clearys on holidays, since both of our families live so far away.

We kicked the day off by relaxing poolside. Some sweet friends of ours from church were out of town for the weekend and they were so generous to let us use their swimming pool while they were gone. We spent all morning and early afternoon lounging on their lawn furniture and on their pool floaties. I got to spend some time floating on my tummy, which was so fun, since I've been unable to lay on my stomach for about seven months. Tyler wasn't allowed to take any pictures of me swimming. My non-maternity bathing suit wasn't the most flattering.

Here's Tyler doing what he loves - reading!

Tyler and Kyle, playing in the pool. This photo makes me laugh so hard every time I see it. 

We took a break at noon and got some Hickory River BBQ to-go.

Around two o'clock and headed home to relax, before we went to the Cleary's house for supper. I made some festive strawberries and some twice baked potatoes to take over. Casie spent the afternoon making a scrumptious salad and the best apple struesel dessert. Kyle grilled some chicken that they'd had marinating in the fridge all day!

 Strawberries dipped in almond bark and blue sprinkles.

Driving to Kyle and Casie's house in Tolono.

Kyle, grilling up the main course.

Tyler, playing a game of washers.

Me, growing a human.

Me and my sweet hubs.

After supper, we drove to the This is It furniture parking lot and setup some lawn chairs on the blacktop. From there, we had a perfect view of the fireworks at Dodds park. We were close enough to see all of the action, without having to deal with all of the crowds and traffic.

Here we are, waiting for the fireworks display to begin. 

What a fun day!

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