happy 4th of july

we had a lovely day celebrating the fourth of july. it's been rainy here for days upon days, but frankly i love it because it's better to have the sauna that is Georgia tempered with some rain than to just melt.

we went to friends for a BBQ and had a great time. some of our friends parents were there and one mom said to me, "oh you're the one who cooks! i've heard about you!" ha. such a compliment and never something i thought anyone would say to me. i only really started cooking since we got married but i really like it now. my bacon horseradish potato salad was a hit. (even though our burner started shooting out flames while i was making it, eek.)

i love this man. sometimes i cry happy tears for how happy he makes me and how thankful i am for such a good husband. this was taken along the river waiting for the fireworks to start, but they got canceled because of the weather. 

so then we hopped on to a party at another friend's house and i met some great new people. we always have a comical time finding our way to friend's houses in alabama (we're only 15 minutes from the border and the time difference, which can be confusing) because for whatever reason, our gps can never find the places we need to go there. lots of new houses i guess? and for all the times i've stopped to ask for directions down here, i don't know if i've talked to one person who has ever been able to give me directions. especially if i'm trying to find something on fort benning. it's crazy.

the hardest i laughed all night was when we were telling another couple about the great restaurants in atlanta, and they were asking for some specifics and lance goes: "well the last time we were there we ate at this awesome seafood place, it's called That Fish Place-"

he said it so seriously that at first i thought he was joking but when i realized he wasn't, he got cut off by my hysterical laughter and finally when i could talk i said, "That Fish Place is a pet store in Pennsylvania ... the restaurant we ate at was the Atlanta Fish Market." then we were both laughing but the other people could not fully appreciate the hilarity of the mixup as they had never been to the pet store - or the fancy restaurant.

hope you had a wonderful holiday! here's a sweet video...