Nearly a Washout

Well our 4th of July was definitely a washout, but the entire weekend wasn't a complete loss. We had planned to visit a nearby water park July 4th, but with all of the rain, opted to stay inside, watch a movie and play around in the kitchen. Drew baked cookies and I made a homemade fruit salsa. We packed up our goodies and spent the evening at my parents house for dinner. My older brother was busy, but it was nice having my parents and younger brother around to catch up. I hadn't seen Kevin in a while, and my parents hadn't seen Drew for some time.

The rain continued on into Friday. We both did our own thing in the morning - Drew helped with a military funeral and I worked out and taught at the studio. It was crazy how many road closures there were and how difficult it was to drive from point A to point B. We took advantage of the short break in the rain towards mid afternoon to do some gardening. Drew had been wanting to plant flowers in the front yard for some time and we were finally together at home to do it. I, on the other hand, have no green thumb. I've tried planting flowers in the past and the buds always fall off and the flower dies. I find it frustrating and a waste of money. Drew wouldn't accept that as an answer or excuse and we went out together to add some color to our yard - make it a mature/adult yard. I'm not exactly sure what type of flowers Drew bought other than they are perennials. I've been carefully watering the flowers every morning and crossing my fingers they will at least make it through the month!

Mother Nature didn't forget about Saturday either. It rained ALL MORNING! Thankfully, the rain tapered off into the evening and we were able to enjoy the night out at the casino. We bought tickets to the Barenaked Ladies concert and it was held outdoors at the casino. It was my first time seeing BNL in concert and visiting the casino.. or any casino for that matter. I was a little underwhelmed when we first entered the casino. I think I was expecting an extremely GRAND building inside. It definitely seemed smaller than I imagined. We played a few slot machines and I even came out as the big winner between Drew, Jill and myself. I won a whopping $6.25! WOO HOO! lol. I would have kept playing but I really didn't like the game so I cashed out for a voucher.

The concert was a lot of fun too. I was shocked by how long the two opening acts played. Maybe because we had been hanging around at the casino for hours before the concert, and it seemed as though we waited FOREVER, but it didn't seem as though BNL played for very long. Regardless, we had a lot of fun and it was nice to get out and do something while we were both not busy. All of the bands were really entertaining and interacted with the crowd a lot.

Overall, it was a fun, eventful weekend. It felt like an even longer one too despite the usual time together. I'm looking forward to this upcoming weekend. We have a lot on our calendar including a military dance and military picnic! Let the fun begin :)