4th of July

The 4th is always a big event with my family. The entire (ish) extended family and friends get together for a giant old school BBQ of chickens cooked on grates over a huge pit. Which of course, i failed to get a pic of. But believe you me, they are the most delicious thing in the world.

After the chickens of course came fireworks, which i also didn’t get a pic of because i forgot to put my memory card in…genius. Wanted to try out my new camera on fireworks…but fail.

here’s cousin laura, who ironically, hates fireworks:

The rest of the weekend was spent sunning, eating, drinking, and of course paddleboarding.  Not swimming as we should to prep for the big event.

See Dana paddle

a little post-dinner paddle

and the main event of 4th of July:

The 4th Annual Transcareyautic!

Which of course translates to: across the lake we swim. and then come back.  The Crew:

Where’s Kevin?

Outtakes

Our best swimmer came super prepared!

Goals Accomplished:

1. I had a yard sale finally and got rid of a good 2/3 of the crap i had accumulated for said yard sale.  Huzzah! #minimizing.

now i just need to get the other 1/3 to Interfaith.  Oh Interfaith, why must you be closed on Sundays?  It’s so inconvenient to me…

2. Get a paddleboard and rock it.  Done and Done.  And actually thanks to the biggest headache of July, i now have 2.  Thanks Dick’s and FedEx for so carefully organizing the exchange of the first one that was missing parts!  Oh wait, thats right, you guys did jack sh*t.  I did all the organizing FOR YOU and you still messed up.  It should be super fun to see how this all shakes out.

3. Travel- none currently, but NOLA is coming right up, as is a training seminar in Ft. Worth.  Does Ft. Worth count as tropical?