My first Post in July...

This past weekend was the glorious 4th of July.

Amazingly enough the 4th fell on a Friday, which also meant that we got a long weekend. Yippee!

To celebrate, Ryan and I had a party at our house. We wanted an all day sort of celebration, so around 12:00 I started putting out the food and waiting for guests. Around 1:30 or so people started trickling in. We did the normal things - fire pit, drinking, eating, grilling, etc. It was a very mellow sort of party with people flowing in an out for the later half of the day.

I enjoyed it.

On Saturday after the big clean up, we went to a co-worker's house for a small BBQ. Very nice - with a delicious Rum Cake to boot. The day didn't end there though, we did lunch and ice cream with K&B and were lucky enough to catch some firework in their backyard (what a lovely backyard it is too).

Sunday was a chance for Ryan and I to spend some much needed time together. Coming back from two weeks on vacation and paying for a wedding meant a lot of work this past month for Ryan (me, not so much). So, the three day weekend was much needed and appreciated. For our time together we had lunch at Boston Market, walked through the mall for niece and nephew gifts, browsed Border's, saw a movie (wall-e) and took a walk in the Glasgow walking park. Since we got an early start, the day seemed to last forever. Once home, we curled up on the couch with our precious pup and watched our netflix movies which had seriously been sitting next to the TV since BEFORE the wedding. (The Departed comes highly recommended).

It was very nice to do all of this as it gave us time to discuss expectations of where we're going in life from here. With our cruise in November and Disney on the horizon, the next few months are sure to be exciting!

***pictures of party to follow***

(ps - note for barbie - most of the "friends" who post on my blog are links to spam... I thought I was loved too.)

Up to the Highest Height!

That's where our kite was yesterday! For our glorius day off Ryan, Kevin, Barbie, and I all went to the Chelsea Manor Park to fly some kites. At first it was slightly rough to get them off the ground. But then Taz (the kite) came into the picture and was soaring in no time. We attached all the extra spools of string to the kite and let go as high as it could. With all the strings attached it had to have been over eight hundred feet in the air! It really was awesome!

After that we pulled a little of it down and attached the other kites to it to make a tail. What a GRAND day to fly a kite! Amazing! The day would have been perfect had I not gotten my camera case stolen (and Barbie almost losing her car).

Later on we ended up letting go of the kite (didn't really have a choice once it breaks off on a tree).

We got some ice cream did a little trampoline action and then went back out to see where it ended up. Much to our surprise it was still flying high. It had gotten caught on another tree a couple of blocks away and was still going strong. We tried to pull it loose only to get it caught on a power line (which was about 5 feet too tall to reach). It was the kite that wouldn't die.

All in all it was an amazing day for a Kite and a great Fourth of July all together.








Perhaps on another windy day while you're driving through new Castle you'll see a cheap kite flying high over Chealsea Estates - and you'll know that while other nicer kites have failed - the four amigos were successful with a cheap one - once again.

PS - Looking at these pictures, the sky looks awesome!