This year, I spent the 4th of July celebrating with my family for what feels like the first time in 10 years! At the last minute, Lance and I changed our plans from spending a boring day lounging in his backyard to driving 3 hours to St. Augustine to be with my family!
Mom and Sonny left on Wednesday for the beach and were shortly followed by Eddie and Lauren.
Lauren and "The Boy" before dinner.
Friday classes were cancelled for me and so I made it home with Finn on Thursday night. Fortunately, Lance did not have to technically take call this weekend and when we found out about the beach, he opted out of carring his pager and spending the weekend in the cath lab. If we go out of town for any other holiday to follow he might have to miss out though. It's the breaks for the newest member of the cath team when it comes to being on holiday call!
Lance and I loaded down the car with bags, toys, and a puppy early early early on Friday morning and made it to the beach by 11:00 am! John and his girlfriend, Amber, were also off work and came down late on Friday night!
Going without suntan lotion is not such a great idea as I soon found out! I guess you could say I was slightly burned on Friday night, but it soaked in by Saturday morning!
We watched the most spectacular fireworks show on Saturday night! They have an entire display set up on a barge near the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine which goes along with Independence Day music playing on loud speakers! I have never been to such a long and beautiful firework show! The hour and a half we spent in the car on the way home was well worth the show, if you ask me, but Mom and I decided it might be fun to be on a boat in the water next year!
Happy Birthday America!
Happy Birthday America!
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