A day in the life...: Happy Birthday America

So I am not the best photographer in the world but I am learning. This was the best firework shot I had. WOW!! It has been a month since my last post!! Do not worry, I will not fit the entire month of August in one blog, I will break it up by events. We have been so busy this month!!! So we will start off with the beginning of the month! 4th of July!!!

We spent this holiday down at Lake Blackshear in South Georgia. I grew up on this lake and Dutch has come to love it as much as I have! The best part of this trip is that after 3 years, my parents have finally found the boat they have been looking for and we got to take our first boat trip on Papa George's boat! All in all, Sarah Beth likes to ride but gets hot and irritated fast when we stop. Her life vest is VERY hot!! She also got to see her boyfriend James!!! Lauren and Eddie Fresh stopped by to visit which always makes me happy! James is a very good signer, Sarah Beth can't sign a word. When I told her no, James would come up and tell her no through sign language. It was the funniest thing to watch!! I can now officially say that Lauren is pregant again so that means yea for another playmate for Sarah Beth!! We spent 3 nights down there which also meant we got to go out to eat. We seldom eat out at the lake because our schedule really only leaves us with one decent night. We tend to get handcut steaks or chicken from Salt Lick or Striplings and grill out. AMAZING for those of you who have not tried it. But, I LOVE seafood and we had a wonderful meal at the Olde Inn. The OLDE Inne is an amazing seafood restaurant owned by a family. Some of the family lives in FL and the other at the lake. The FL family catches fish all weeks and sends it up to the restaurant to serve, so it is always very fresh and always changing. Dutch's friend Joseph and his girlfriend Scarlett came up to watch fireworks with us Sunday night. Believe it or not, we had 2 nights of fireworks. The Knights, whose house is down from my parents on the lake put on a show each year that rivals any professional show I have seen. There are hundreds of boats on the lake watching them shoot the fireworks from their house. It is a sight to see!!! The picture was taken there. Joseph, Scarlett, my dad, the Jones', Dutch and myself watched an amazing show. Mom was nice enough to watch Sarah Beth since it was past her bedtime.

Monday we came back home went back and forth about the weather and decided to watch fireworks again at the Country Club with the Guest clan...this time with Sarah Beth. Chase and Ashley Gunter came with us and with a 8 month pregnant Ashley, we watched a great show!! Sarah Beth could care less about the fireworks and even began to doze off during the show, but have no fear... the child who LOVES to clap jumped up as soon as it was over to clap with excitement with everyone else!

I am planning on adding some more recipes that I have been testing once I get caught up on our summer escapades! Coming up next, the first birthday bash!!! Also, I am updating the blog so it will be going through some changes! Hope you are having a wonderful summer!!!Enjoy the pictures!

Much Love,
Mary Beth