Happy Birthday America!!!

What fun we had over our long holiday weekend!!! We had a whole house full of friends to celebrate with us! The Lynch's came up from Indy as did our friend Jan on Tuesday and Wednesday night, Michelle joined us from Chicago. The Lynch's and Michelle are all repeat visitors, but it was Jan's first time. He made me laugh the minute he got out of his car...he said "I think I forgot to pay the park ranger somewhere back there." That says it all from a first time visitor's point of view...we do live out in the middle of what seems to be no where...amongst nothing but lush green trees and ferns with a little wildlife mixed in here and there and lots of beautiful lake water reflecting the stunning blue skies we had the entire weekend!!!

We did lots of eating, boating, laughing, eating, drinking, watching turtles lay eggs, wake boarding, eating, fireworks watching, photo taking, eating, and even a little bit of sleeping...oh, did I mention there was a lot of eating??? Having several good cooks in the house is dangerous on the waist!!! But of course, I love it!!!

Here are some photos of the fun...

Here are a few of the fireworks...it was my first time shooting fireworks so they are far from good...the first night we were on the boat and those photos were horrible...second night was at Tagalong and we got there as they were starting. They shot them all off in about 15 minutes...which means it was like having a constant finale...which, of course, is the hardest to shoot...I needed one more night to practice!!! Oh well...guess I'll have to wait until next year.