After we got home from being at Ben's grandmother's house from Monday- Thursday night, we were sleep deprived & mentally drained. Originally we were supposed to go to Destin, FL for the 4th with Ben's family but that trip was cancelled. Ben & I finally decided to go down to my beach house Saturday morning to relax, de-stress, & attempt to enjoy the long Holiday weekend.
We didn't see any oil but did see a lot of evidence of them working on cleaning it up & keeping it out of our waterways!
Natalie, Stephen, & Bennett were down there with several couples of friends and graciously allowed us to join them. The weather was beautiful, the food was amazing (they had already planned a huge 4th of July cookout & we just got to eat it all!), and of course we swam, laid out, & enjoyed some drinks, too.
The Blue Angels flew by!
and Bennett LOVED them!
3 Black Labs (Harper, Steele, & Travis's dog Sam)= no trouble at all!
Ben & his buddy
Luckily Ben was off work on Monday so we got to stay for a long weekend. Monday, Ben & I went to Publix on our way home (the best grocery store ever!) to stock up on groceries after being out of town for a week. And then, Monday night was the biggest excitement of the weekend (I can't believe Natalie left this out on her blog post)..... we went & saw ECLIPSE! Natalie, Rachel, Ben, & I went & saw the 3rd installment of the Twilight series & it did NOT disappoint. I'm already trying to see when I can go see it again (for some crazy reason I can't convince Ben to go see it again, haha).
I hope that all of you had a great 4th of July weekend, too!
(I'm catching up on blog posts!.... SEE!)
2 comments:
Erin, great pictures! Besides your beautiful 4th pictures, I'm so glad you've recorded this 'history in the making' with the oil spill. Sure has changed the view along the Gulf, now dotted with barges, cranes, Coast Guard, booms, tents, and people in yellow reflector vests.
Glad y'all got to de-stress and enjoy the festivities of the 4th!
Erin, I have read your blog for awhile but I don't think I've ever commented!
I have to agree that Publix is the best grocery store ever! Sadly I live in the midwest where we don't have them, but when I'm in the south I always have to go! I got my husband addicted to their subs on our FL trip in June!
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