4th of July Recap

I was going to do a small recap in my Friday Favorites post, but I had too many pictures to share, so I thought I would do a shorter post here (today). 

This year, we headed out to Graeagle, California for the 4th. We went out on Saturday the 3rd, but stayed until Tuesday the 6th. Well I did. Rory and the girls got to stay out there until this last Saturday the 10th. I had two reports due at work and couldn't take time off. I got one extra day out of it, but I am too busy at work to take more time off.

Anyways, on our drive out there, we saw two fires. We had some massive thunder and lightening storms the day before and it set off a bunch of fires in the area. This is the smoke from one of them. We could see the flames from the road.

We arrived in Graeagle, unpacked and then headed to pizza. We wanted something easier due to just arriving, the heat and timing. We all went to bed early since we were all exhausted. 

Sunday morning we were pretty lazy. We had a Mexican breakfast casserole, coffee and just hung out all morning. The kids got dressed early and were ready for the day.

We spent the day at the pool, got some ice cream, rode our bikes around and just stayed outside most of the day. Fortunately, it had rained the night before, so we had a bit of reprieve from the heat. But it was still in the high 80s to low 90s. 

Yes that is a double scoop of Espresso Explosion!

And you can see the headband and shirt that I got from Old Navy from my Red, White and Blue post.

Walter was tired and hot. This dog bed is a game changer for him! He loves it.

That evening we bbq'd hot and mild sausages, had a big salad and chips. Perfect cookout for the 4th. Then we topped everything off with dessert that I picked up before we headed out.

Fruit Tart

And I made the girls do a little photoshoot with us.

Fun little fact. Rory purchased those pants for his 40th birthday party that I threw him. It was a 90s themed and he thought the cut and style were very 90s. And now we can wear them on Flag Day and the 4th of July.

We didn't get to see any fireworks or participate in the Graeagle parade this year as they were still cancelled due to Covid. California has different restrictions than Nevada and they just recently opened more in their state.

How was your 4th of July? Did you travel anywhere?