We actually spent the 4th of July in Nashville this year since neither Wes nor I have vacation time yet. Great year for the 4th to fall on a Thursday! It was pretty rainy anyway so we celebrated our independence by sleeping in, cooking a breakfast smorgasbord of muffins (10 for $10 sale at kroger), and shopping the holiday sales for some killer deals. We were very successful too! We walked away with 2 pair of shorts for me for $18 total (old navy) and 2 pair of blue chinos for $26 total for Wes (jcrew). Pretty fabulous deal day if I do say so myself!
After our Friday work day, we loaded up and headed to Logan Martin for a lake escape. Here is a little peek into our lives on the road with Amare...
She literally hits each of these positions on the first 5 minutes of the road trip and is then out for the rest of the 4 hour trip. Pretty good pup!
It rained most of the weekend but we still got some much needed dock floating time and taught the pups to swim in and out of the lake by herself. Major accomplishment!
Wes got to catch up on some guy time playing video games with his brother Brad and our good friend Fletcher. And let's not forget the annual firework extravaganza which consisted of a trip to a pretty sketchy firework trailer in the middle of nowhere to pick up a ginormous pack of fireworks which we got for over half off because it was actually July 6th and not the traditional night of celebration. The boys enjoy this tradition ever year which ultimately transforms grown men into 5 year olds competing for the approval of the crowd (myself, wes's mom, and grandmother). It was very entertaining as usual and something I suspect everyone there secretly looks forward to.
I on the other hand started on the book "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom. It is a fabulous read and I haven't been able to put it down! The strength of that woman and her family is one that can only come from our father in heaven. Truly an inspiring story! If you do not know much about the Holocaust or Corrie Ten Boom you should definitely spend some time on this book. It was a very appropriate read for the weekend as it definitely made me appreciate my freedom to openly worship God and the independence that we are supposed to be celebrating with our vacations and time away from reality.
However, my point for this post was not to get on a soap box so I will leave it at that... READ IT... Ok I'm really done :)
The sun finally came out on our last day as we were packing up to head home but honestly the sun was not needed for this relaxing trip. We enjoyed the company and the time to veg out and let ourselves be a little, should I dare say, lazy ;)
Now back to listening to some Biggie and Tupac on the road back to Nashville with my husband. I guess he is celebrating his freedom to listen to whatever music he wants... Word
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