Not only is the fourth of July a fun filled holiday, but also a holiday full of meaning as I think of our freedoms and the people who so courageously serve our country. It really makes me stop and thank the Lord. It wasn't my holiday to work so I got up and went running with a friend. I opted to skip the parade because someday in the future when we have kids I can imagine spending too many July's in the hot sun getting melted candy tossed at me and listening to blaring fire sirens;).
That afternoon Derek and I were getting ready to leave for Peoria when I realized we had a little extra time so I decided it was time for an impromptu photo shoot. Why is it that those always work out better than the planned ones? I called up my sister and she snapped a few quick pictures of Derek and I with his nice camera.
From there we hung out at my moms before going shopping in Peoria. We went to Ross in search of some new shirts for Derek, but somehow came away with a ceramic frying pan and a spatula. Yes we are odd and easily distracted, but in our defense we didn't get a new frying pan as a wedding gift so we'd been using an old peeling one.
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| Attempting to reenact one of our wedding poses....flop |
From there we hung out at my moms before going shopping in Peoria. We went to Ross in search of some new shirts for Derek, but somehow came away with a ceramic frying pan and a spatula. Yes we are odd and easily distracted, but in our defense we didn't get a new frying pan as a wedding gift so we'd been using an old peeling one.
We went to Logan's for supper since it was buy one entree get one free. It's a great deal if don't mind waiting 45+ minutes to be seated, but we went for a walk and scouted out a good place to sit for the fireworks while we waited. Peoria fireworks were pretty to watch and since we stayed on the East Peoria side of the river I felt like we got back onto the interstate fairly quickly. It was a great day spent with my hubby:)
