Happy 240th Birthday America

I hope that y'all enjoyed your Fourth of July weekend as I most certainly did. Each year my family and I go to our lake house to celebrate the holiday and this year was no different. While Christmas and Thanksgiving are traditionally holidays meant to spend time with family, I think that the Fourth of July is the perfect time to spend time with family. I mean you can't beat warm weather, good food, and fireworks! I must add that fireworks are hands down one of my absolute favorite things in the world to watch, and watching them over the lake or ocean with the reflection is even better! So here's a peek into what I did this weekend!

Most of my time this weekend was spent on the lake with my family. We like to just ride around then stop and swim in the cove for awhile, it's super relaxing! I also enjoy wakeboarding, which I made sure to make time for on the lake this weekend. Additionally, there is a lakeside restaurant that we enjoy driving to and having drinks and appetizers while overlooking the lake.

One night we went to a local vineyard where they had a live band and delicious wine tastings. There is just something so gorgeous about rolling hills covered in grape vines.

While we had seen some fireworks another night out on the lake, we also enjoyed fireworks at the vineyard. There is no such thing as too many opportunities to see fireworks!

Lastly, and most importantly, I am so blessed to live in a country that gives me so many freedoms, although we often take them for granted. Sadly many places in the world are not as fortunate as us. So I want to say thank you to the brave men and women that protect this country each day and thank you to those that have previously fought to gain us the freedoms we have today.

God Bless America

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