Wednesday, July 9, 2008

4th of July Weekend

The Bruces had the best 4th of July weekend ever in Historic Old Town Alexandria with dear friends the Coynes. V is very much in love with 2 year old James Coyne and showed it by squealing loudly at regular intervals while playing with him.




We watched smoke-obscured fireworks over the Pentagon, ate way too much food and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. If I can sum it up in a few words it was a weekend of:

-unlimited snacking
-calf strengthening (the Coynes live in a 4-story town home- yes 4)
-not enough sleep

So basically, perfect.

To make it even better we managed to squeeze in a trip to IKEA and to the grandparents' house on the way home.

Happy Anniversary Grandma & Pawpaw! In honor of their 36th anniversary Ann made a HUGE spread of food and despite heavy rain we had a great cookout in the carport and V charmed Grandma, Pawpaw and Great Grandma with her singing talents, jumping skills and vegetable picking abilities. :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Emily,
Love your description of our cookout! You have a way with words! We of course enjoyed every minute you all were here, and Virginia can entertain us anyday!
Ann