What a good long weekend it was - even if it did pass too quickly! It seems the weekends always pass too quickly, so we have to cram as much good into them as we can, right? Happily, my long weekend started on Thursday the 3rd at 1:00 because the city offices closed early, which was delightful!
We have thoroughly enjoyed our backyard since we got our paver patio in place and that's how we started our Fourth - with some sunshine and sunscreen! We have two Adirondack chairs, a huge umbrella, a little pool, a hammock and a sun chair, everything we need to sit outside, soak up the sun and have a grand time! I love to lay across the pool, reading my book and soaking up the sun. I have to say - I am much more tan than I was this time last year, ha-ha!
I did a little googling and discovered that the city of Martinsburg was doing a fireworks show and a couple locations that were great for watching had also been shared, so after watching Independence Day (I'd never seen it), we put on our festive gear and headed out - stopping at Panda Express - before finding our seats on the grassy lawn of Martinsburg High School. Soon we were joined by plenty of people - all eager to see some fireworks!
If you can't tell - my shirt says "Feral & Free" and Ryan's shirt says "It's only treason if you lose."
The fireworks lasted about twenty minutes and I have to say; I thought they were really good! It was pretty funny to listen to the little kiddos being awed and amazed; I'm always awed and amazed by fireworks, even if I am forty. I thoroughly enjoyed them and I also thoroughly enjoyed that Ryan got us right out of the parking lot without any major traffic hold ups - way to go hubs!
If I haven't mentioned it here yet - we are growing pumpkins! Not by choice, purely by accident but I must say I am delighted and every time I check the vine, I am more and more tickled! We placed our old pumpkins out back last Autumn and I really didn't think anything of it, but of course they rotted and melted into the grass... and of course, they ended up creating a pumpkin plant that now has 6-7 teeny beginnings of pumpkins and an additional 20-25 blooms that will turn into pumpkins! Look out Fall!
The rest of the weekend passed pretty much without incident. Saturday morning, I met some friends for coffee while Ryan was out hiking and then I went and grabbed our groceries for the week(s) ahead. We spent a ton more time out back, soaking up the sunshine and I was able to read an entire book over the Fourth of July holiday, which was great! We did some furniture reorganization and general tidying up, played with the cats and honestly just had a relaxing long weekend - which I think we both needed!
And on Sunday evening, my parents came over for dinner... and lo and behold, Ryan and my Dad decided to try to attempt to hang one of our ceiling fans, and they got it done! Who knew they had it in them? Now we just need to get the other two hung and we'll be good to go, ha-ha!
