THAT'S What it Feels Like to Relax!

I know this is a bit belated, but it kind of got lost in our other news. We had a wonderful July 4th, as I hope you all did. My parents had the Bits that weekend (well, except the one that is in process, he or she is rather attached to me at this point), so my handsome engineer and I got to have some long overdue time just the two of us.

We did things like stay up late just because we could, and sleep in just because we could, and not get out of bed even though we were awake just because we could. (do you see a trend?)

Then we went on a long trail ride together with Chivalry and Annie--something we haven't been able to do in years because we can't both leave the kids. Afterward, we stopped at our neighbors who were having a picnic and gave all the kids (and a couple adults) "pony rides". It was completely impromptu and so much fun!

That evening we went over to some friends' home and had a cookout and watched fireworks over the lake. It was wonderful. And nice to only fix MY plate of food, instead of the Bits and THEN mine.

By Sunday, though, I really missed my Bits and was VERY ready to have them back home.

I don't have photos of anything, except the fireworks. I hope you enjoy them.

You can see a little of the shoreline in this one. and some lights from the boats that were anchored to watch the show.

I love this photo.