family+friends+fireworks+4th= fun!

Sorry this is a bit late but I hope everyone out there had a wonderful 4th of July! Lee and I had a wonderful weekend with friends and family! Friday night, Lee's Dad and his girlfriend, Michelle and John arrived! We went to the store and got lots of great items for our BBQ the next day! Then we headed over to Lynnhaven bay and had dinner on the water at Bubba's. The food and view were both incredible and we even got to watch some fireworks of in the distance at Harborfest! The next day Hope and Bobby arrived and we had our very first cook-out in our new home! Lee bought a grill a few months ago and we had only used it twice! Lee grilled the best burgers ever and grilled up of course, my favorite, hot-dogs! I made my FAMOUS macaroni and cheese and we had all the fixins!..coleslaw, chips, (my macados imitation con queso dip!) amd Michelle made her famous deviled eggs (lee's fav) I was pretty bummed that I had invested in some famous SPRINKLES red velvet cupcakes and didn't get one of the ingredients that I needed and didn't have time to make them! So much for my red, white, and blue dessert but that's ok! :) After the cook-out we all headed over to the beach for the day! We got there around 230 but we wanted to get a parking spot and stay for the fireworks! We spent the day with our beer cooler, snacks, and sunscreen! Lee and I even got in the Ocean a couple of times but everyone else chickened out! John made 2 bucks playing his bag-pipes for everyone..haha :) Seth, Julie, and Leira met up with us later for the fire-works! Finally I got to see some fireworks that were right up there with disneyworld! There was a huge barge sitting out in the ocean where they launched the fireworks so we had the perfect view! This was the first time that I was able to watch the fireworks with my future hubs! On Sunday I made a big breakfast for everyone..sausage gravy and biscuits..Hope even went to dunkin donuts and bought donuts and coffee for everyone! Lee's dad and step-mom left shortly after because there was a storm coming in and they were on the motorcycle and had a 5 hour ride to Raleigh. Lee and John and Bobby headed off for some frisbee golf so that Hope and I could spend some girl time together. We were going to go look for wedding dresses but I should've googled places first because we couldn't really find anywhere and the places we did find were closed on Sundays. That's ok..I think that was nature's way of telling me I'm not ready. I don't want to really try on dresses until I've lost more weight..I don't want to be that girl who buys a dress that's too small and has to fit into it. I want to feel super beautiful the first time I put it on! After our adventures in bridal store hunting, we came home and met up with the boys and headed over to Shorebreak for some pool and sangria! (ok..and nachos!) We were going to go the aquarium but it was super packed..probably because of the rain so we decided on that instead. After all was said and done, Hope and Bobby left and our fun weekend was coming to an end. We had a wonderful 4th in our new town..unfortunately there are no pictures to prove it. Hope has now actually given us her old digital camera until we can buy a new one but it wasn't charged up until sunday..by that time it was pointless! I hope everyone had a fun, safe and happy 4th!