Fill in the Blank Friday

It's Friday!! It's my day off Friday! I was so excited that this past week was only a 3 day week for me. Holiday on Monday and CWS day today! I'm looking forward to this weekend, not too much planned which is good because I want to relax! Anyway, since it is Friday I'm participating in Fill in the Blank Friday with Lauren at the little things we do...! Onto the blanks!

1. My plans this summer include two more weddings, a mission trip the first week of August, jet skiing, the River Concert series and lots of fresh veggies!

2. The best summer I ever had was probably the summer of '06. I got to go to Europe with my college choir for a 10 day tour, I spent the summer as a groupie for my now brother-in-laws Christian rock band and got to go to several fun concerts in the tri-state area, my family took a week-long vacation to Las Vegas where we visited with my aunt and uncle but also got to explore The Strip as if we were VIPs, we went to Lake Gaston for a 10 day vacation, and I spent lots and lots of time with my friends.

3. Summer is Sprinklers. Pools. The Beach. Sunscreen. Wearing Dresses Every Day. Fresh Fruits and Veggies. River Concert Series. Weddings. Picnics. Back Porch Lazy Evenings. Late Evening Neighborhood Walks. ASP. Jet Skiing. Sunflowers. Ice Cream on the Boardwalk. Fireworks. Vacation Bible School. Ball Games. Sitting Outside to Read. Fireflies. The Carnival. Thunderstorms. There is so much that I love about summer!

4. My favorite summer food is pretty much any fresh veggie. I love vegetables and they're even better fresh right from the garden or farm! I also really love freshly grilled cheeseburgers.

5. The best way to quench a summer thirst is with water. I'm boring like that. =)

6. My summer uniform consists of dresses! Lots and lots of fun summery dresses. And flip flops.

7. The best thing about summer is the carefree feeling you get because of the season it is. And the fact that it stays light so much later into the evening!

I'm so excited this summer! I think I have a newfound appreciation for it! I really enjoyed these blanks today!! And this summer has been and will continue to be a lot of fun! What fun things do you have planned for this summer or what have you already done?

This Friday I'm also participating in the Live Every Moment photo challenge and the theme for today is sunset. I adore this sunset picture that I took. It has the most incredible colors in it. But I pretty much love all sunsets. They make me stop in my tracks and just stare in awe at their beauty. I especially love them over the water as is the case with this picture!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and you can see beautiful sunsets like the one above!

Cindy

May the 4th Be With You!

I had a very fun Independence Day weekend! It all started Friday evening at the River Concert where we heard great music, spent time with fun friends, and watched beautiful fireworks! Then Saturday was a lazy day until Collin got off work and we went and had a game night with some friends. Sunday after church we ventured down to King's Dominion where it was ridiculously hot and crowded but we still had a good time. Then on Monday my mom's side of the family had a cookout/crab feast and I went while Collin worked. He was fortunately able to stop by on his lunch break and have lunch with us! I enjoyed spending time with my family and chatting with my cousins. Then in the evening once Collin got off work we had steaks, baked potatoes and corn on the cob with Collin's parents. Then we set off fireworks out in the street! So much fun!

Something really cool, we saw fireworks every night but Saturday night and the only night that God didn't show up the man-made fireworks was on Friday. Both on Sunday and Monday while the fireworks were going off there was lightning in the sky and slight rumblings of thunder. It was absolutely incredible. God's firework show was definitely better than all the man-made ones. I'm so glad I'm not scared of thunderstorms anymore (see this post) because I surely would not have enjoyed God's fireworks and I'm sooo glad I did!

Now onto the pictures from Friday night and two videos of the fireworks we set off ourselves. Here in Maryland it's illegal to have any fireworks other than ground-based ones. Not as fun as what some other states have but still fun and pretty nonetheless!

One of the songs called for random household appliances... There's a handheld vacuum, a giant vacuum, an edger, and a leaf blower.  They also had two people with muskets.

Dueling with feather dusters.  =)

We are serious listeners.

Alexis and Donna

Butch!

Kirsten

Collin and Devin were obsessed with Angry Birds during the second half of the concert.  lol

The grand finale!  It was very bright!

This one was just a short little firework that created very, very bright flashes of light.

This one was one of the last ones and the biggest/best. Notice how Collin throws in a little extra spinning one to left of the big one at about 25 seconds in!


I hope you had a great Independence Day weekend filled with lots of fun, family, good food, and fireworks!!

Cindy

Fill in the Blank Friday

Hurray! Today is Friday!! Of course I'm participating in Fill in the Blank Friday with Lauren at the little things we do...! I really, really enjoy doing this every week!

1. The best news I ever received was that my aunt made it through her brain surgery fine and they were able to remove her tumor.

2. Something I'm looking forward to is the River Concert tonight. I'm super, duper exicted! In the semi-distant future I'm really looking forward to Alicia and David's wedding and then ASP shortly after that!

3. Something I would never do is smoke.

4. If I could choose someone to be my life coach (famous or not, living or dead), I'd choose Jesus, hands down. But he already is my life coach. I've got a whole book of his wisdom to get me through life. And I've got the Spirit leading me!

5. If I had to put a label on my style it would be eclectic. Some days I enjoy dressing preppy, some really casual, some trendy, and others sometimes even a mash up of different styles. I like clothes, what can ya do?

6. One should always strive to do the best you can and be satisfied that you did your best even if the results may not be exactly what you want.

7. I want to go on another cruise, real bad. I wanna go now but it's much too unfortunate that we can't afford one at the moment.

I'm really looking forward to this weekend! It shall be wonderful! Tonight is the River Concert where we'll celebrate Independence Day with awesome music, good friends and fireworks! Tomorrow I get to bake some goodies for a bake sale fundraiser we're having on Sunday for ASP. Sunday we have church and we're going to King's Dominion with Collin's parents where we'll get to ride lots of roller coasters, play in the water park and see fireworks! Then on Monday my family is having a crab feast/bbq at my aunt and uncle's house. I'm definitely looking forward to a busy and fun-filled weekend!

Happy Independence Day to all my American readers and to all my non-American ones I hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend just celebrating life!

Cindy

30 Day Photography Challenge - Day 30

**For the month of June I'm going to be participating
in a 30 Day Photography Challenge
hosted by White Peach Photography.
Visit the blog here for more of the details.
To see my other posts in this challenge click here!**

Yesterday was the last day of the challenge. I'm sad that it's over because it's brought me lots of great inspiration for photos and I've had a lot of fun with it. I will definitely be snapping more photos because of it though. I may participate in the weekly inspiration challenge that Mary is doing on flickr now that this is done. Anyway, the last photo for the challenge was a self portrait. So, here you go, my final picture of this 30 Day Photography Challenge.

Have you guys enjoyed my photos? Would you like to see more photography on my blog? I sure have had a good time looking at everyone else's photos! Thanks for following along with me during this challenge!

Cindy