4th of July

What a great 4th of July weekend it has been!  I spent the past couple of days at the "Hideaway" on Yates Lake with some of my favorite people.  The house was fantastic and the company was even better.  We spent all day in the lake and our nights were spent outside on the porch.  It was super-relaxing and low key...we kicked it college style and I think we all realized we're not as young as we used to be!

One of the biggest highlights of the weekend was the delicious food.  We all divided up the meals and different people were responsible for meals, snacks, etc.  The girls in the group are wonderful cooks and the guys have some mad grillin' skills!

We quickly filled up the kitchen with all our yummy food and drinks!

After unloading we went straight to the porch!

The group!  (minus Ben and Allison)

Sarah, Whitney and Casey

The sunset Friday night was gorgeous!

Spinach and Bacon Salad!



Thanks, Dad, for this great Cab!  It went perfectly with our steaks!

We ate dinner family style...

We started Saturday morning off with a little bubbly!

All day Saturday and Sunday were spent like this...

The walk back up to the house was STEEP...we only had 1 person fall! haha

Casey's black bean corn dip was a HUGE hit!

The Busbys

These two are getting married in October!

The guys started off the mornings watching sports...

We LOVED this dessert!

The storm on Sunday didn't damper our mood!

Guys, it was a great weekend!  All the planning we did was completely worth it...it couldn't have been anymore fun.  My cheeks are still hurting from all the laughing...to me, that's the sign of a great trip!  Happy 4th of July everyone!