July 6, 2008
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What 4th of July weekend!
We had a great weekend for the 4th – After finishing up the slideshow for Michelle & Erik we took off a couple days for a well-needed rest. Nothing but sleeping in, laying around, eating and relaxing! Our friends Ned & Donna with their son Phillip were over for the weekend.
Kerri worked like crazy this last week to get our deck ready not only for this weekend but for us to relax during our break in the wedding season:
Mark & Ned started the afternoon out on the grill getting the grub ready for eating!
We started the afternoon by feasting ourselves on Ned’s WONDERFUL ribs and Mark’s delicious salmon.
Later on we settled in for
the fireworks that take place right around the corner from our house.
Kerri and Donna stayed at home and she got some great shots from the
front yard:
Ned, Lindsay,
Brian, Phillip and I ventured over into the crowds to find a spot to
enjoy the show and snap some shots. Here is a mixtures of shots Lindsay
and I grabbed:
Comments (8)
Look like you had a wonderful 4th of July!!!! I’m so glad that you took some time to relax and get away from work. We just came back from camping with our entire family! It was so much fun. We went on a frog hunting adventure and it was hilarious!!!! xoxoxox ~ Dawn :heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat:
@lastoriafoto - Hey girl! We had such a relaxing time I cant even tell you how wonderful it was. Except now we are dealing with 102 degrees with a thick blanket of smoke smothering us. We cant go outside because the air quality I have been dealing with a sore throat since yesterday. We have so many fires burning in Ca. that you really cant go anywhere to get away from it!
Sounds like you guys had some great fun!!! We are about 1.2 hrs away from The Calaveras Frog Jumping County made famous by Mark Twain. We go there once a year to visit Angels Camp and go wine tasting and attend the outdoor Shakespeare plays they put on up there. It is sooooo awesome!
Take some nice deep clean breaths for me!!!:eek:
Kerri
Great fireworks photos!! And… what a lovely feast! I really miss the quality of salmon I could get there. (It is just not the same here in the south.. I don’t know why either.)
I will never forget the fresh caught “ling cod” we cooked over a fire while camping in Mendocino… Oh my gosh it was the best fish I had ever eaten in my life and all we did was baste it with butter and lime.
Forgive me, when I saw your pictures I got carried away with California Food Memories…
Blessings, Bee
Wow… I just saw your reply about the fires and smoke! We will be praying for your safety and health!!
@BeeyondSight -
You can talk about food all you want! haha…I love fish and find Salmon to be so versatile! I am glad you have good California Food memories!
Yes, pray for our state! It really is so bad! Thank you Bee!!!!
@lydellphoto -
I’m so sorry you’re going through all these fires and smoke again this year. Wasn’t it bad in your area last year too? I’m taking some really deep breaths for you all and saying my prayers this all goes away soon.
I would love to come with you to the Calaveras Frog Jumping County, omg my daughter would freak out. She loves frogs! We had so much fun diving into the river and mud driven swamps looking for frogs last weekend. It was totally hilarious! We were total freaks, screaming like little girls. Too funny!
Hang in there!!!!!!! I’ll be thinking of you all and hoping you get some clean air soon!!!!
~ Dawn
@lastoriafoto - haha you made me laugh just imagining you screaming like little girls…!! Yes, we did have alot of fires last year but now it seems to be completely out of control! I never realized how many lightning strikes we take.
Yes deep cleansing breaths!!! I wish we could get in the car with our laptops and find some place to go to get out of the smoke but its everywhere! Even Tahoe! We would have to leave Ca to get out from under this.I am getting cabin fever!
Enjoy those memories they are so precious!
Kerri
what a great time and pictures!
I was going to write and see if the fires are impacting you but it looks like they are. Hope they’re able to control all those fires quickly. We go through fires every year as well so I know what you’re going through. If you don’t have air purifiers…invest in some (Honeywell as some great ones).