Overdue July 4th Weekend

4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! Definitely my favorite weekends in the summer. As always everyone heads to the lake for a nice little weekend on the water. This year was no different. It was a full house with all of the granddaughters home! That alone is an event in itself! We also had another engagement to celebrate. My cousin got engaged the weekend before in complete surprise. We couldn't be more excited to have another family wedding!

My photography skills have been seriously lacking recently. I hardly took any photos over the weekend, which is not like me. I think I just spent too much time in the water. :)

We toasted to these two!

Buppa presented Matt with the paddle he never received in college to
add to our wall at the lake.

My red, white and blue cupcakes with homemade icing were delicious!

Walter found a new favorite sunning spot on the pontoon.
And I unexpectedly learned how to use the paddle board with Walter. He jumped on
as I was leaving. We didn't get far, but I think he enjoyed it. I did eventually stand up and we didn't fall!

Unfortunately, the night of the fireworks a huge thunderstorm rolled in right as we were loading up the boats. (Each year Grandview sets off fireworks on the dam and everyone drives their boats to the middle of the lake to watch.)It didn't look good on the radar, so we stayed on land. They started early and fast. We could see most of them over the trees, but it just wasn't the same. The worst of the storm missed us too.

Oh well, until next year!
XOXO,
T