4th of July Weekend

We had a great weekend of celebrating America! I didn't get many pictures because no one wanted their pictures taken. Boo! 

On Friday, we went across the street to my in-laws house for a little 4th of July get together. The kids swam, we had hot dogs and hamburgers, ate some cake, hung out, and watched the fireworks show. 

I ordered this cake from a friend. She's so talented!

After we left their house, Mark and I went over to the end of our cul-de-sac where our neighbors were gathered for the fireworks show. He played with the neighbor kids and had a blast! It was a very late night for him. We didn't get home until about 11 that night. 

Matthew went off with his friends to watch the fireworks show at a friends house. 

Michael stayed home and played games with his friends. But that's Ok because he got himself a job! He will be working this summer at McDonald's. There's only about a month of summer left, but I hope he learns a little bit about the real-world. I'm pretty sure he's going to hate it but he will make some extra money to spend.

This is him driving home after getting all his paperwork done! 

M and him are car-shopping this week so hopefully, this will keep him motivated. 

Not much going on around here. We swam a lot and ate a lot of food made from tomatoes. Ha! Bruschetta, anyone?

I'm also getting back into the groove of working out after missing a few days last week. Yesterday morning, a storm blew through while I was doing my workout. That was a nice little break from the stifling heat.

Getting ready to get my CG on!

Friday Favorites 7.03.20

Happy Friday. And happy birthday to America! I was a little sad this morning when FB pulled up my posts from past years on this day. 

This is still one of my favorite picture.

We were able to celebrate with so many friends in the past years at our annual town square fireworks show that the city puts on. 

This year will be so different - no festivities at all at the town square, no gathering with friends. However, we will have a fireworks show at the park very close to our house and we will get together with family and neighbors to celebrate and watch the show. We will still celebrate America!

And I'm joining Andrea and Erika's Friday Favorites for this week.

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From our little garden this week, we harvested our tomatoes and jalapeños. I've made lots of caprese salads and bruschetta. Being able to use the fresh veggies and herbs from the garden is a favorite1

I made this Thai basil chicken rice bowl with the Thai basil from the garden. They are growing like crazy!

And I spied this little guy on our jalapeño plant. S/he is so cute!

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I tried making a southern supper and I thought I did a pretty good job. It was delish. Chicken fried steak and gravy with fried green tomatoes for the win. This was my favorite meal this week. PS - The green tomatoes were from our garden.

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More swimming! It's our favorite thing to do lately.

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College tours are back on! It's not quite the same during the summer when school is not in session because you can't quite get the vibe of the college, but with the application process fast approaching, we will take what we can get.

I feel like we are flying by the seat of our pants with this college thing, which is not a favorite, but spending time with this guy is definitely a favorite.

TCU visit, Corona style...

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A friend of mine told me about these. They have been added to my regular Trader Joe's shopping list. They are delicious and addictive. 

I hope everybody has a great weekend celebrating our freedom, the people who fought 

to give us that freedom! Happy 4th of July!