Fourth of July weekend

I had an excellent long weekend. You won't hear me say this very often, but it was great. I honestly feel relaxed and refreshed for the first time in a long time.

We didn't have the kids over the weekend, so we slept in every morning. We rented a bunch of movies and stayed snuggled in bed most of the day Saturday. On Sunday we drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and went for a nice hike. It was so much cooler up there in the mountains. Then, we came home and went out to a nice dinner at Chili's. No kids, just a nice dinner alone where we were actually able to have a conversation.

We got the kids back yesterday afternoon. My parents had a cookout with all the family, which was very nice. It rained most of the day, but stopped long enough for us to take the kids to see the fireworks.

It was all in all a very nice Fourth of July Weekend.