Weekend Wrap Up

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Jesse and I had a wonderful time filled with family and friends! Our celebrations actually kicked off on Wednesday and lasted all weekend :)

On Wednesday afternoon we celebrated Jesse's dad's retirement. We grilled out during lunch with all his coworkers, then had a celebration after work as well. I also went to my aunt's that night to watch fireworks.

Thursday and Friday were both filled with family cookouts and fireworks as well. 

Heading Out...Over 30 boats total!

Shooting Potato Canons

 Saturday was a big day. We floated down the river with around 30 other canoes and kayaks. It's an annual trip and more and more boats join every year. Jesse's dad and brother were there with us as well.

Sunday we got to go air boating. A great way to end the weekend. I love being on the river because it's so relaxing!

I even got festive and painted my nails and made some fun star earrings! I don't normally paint my nails because I can't keep from picking at the polish, but I wanted to have fun nails for the weekend. I painted my thumbs blue and cut out little stars from vinyl with my laser. I painted the rest of my nails red. And I made the earrings from red acrylic :)

I hope all my readers had a great weekend as well!

A Wonderful Weekend

I took a little bloggy break over the weekend and enjoyed time with family and friends. I hope you all had a great weekend too :) Though we didn't get to go visit my parents in Michigan like we had planned, we still had a great time here in Iowa. And what a busy weekend it was!

Friday we worked around the house in the morning then visited Jesse's mom at her new house and had dinner with her and his brother's family that night to celebrate his mom's birthday.

Saturday we headed to Des Moines for a car show and to spend time with Jesse's cousin and his wife. The highlight of the day was seeing a 1964 Rambler Wagon! I have a '63 that I inherited from my great grandma and I've never seen another wagon at any car show I've ever been to! Here is my car (old picture alert!):

Here is the one we saw at the show: And here is the color I wanted mine painted next :)(Hot pink, of course) Sunday started out rainy, but cleared off in time for us to go air boating. We have such a great time on the river! We brought golf balls, clubs, and a baseball bat and had fun making up games :) After the river we celebrated the 4th (early) with a bon fire and some fireworks at Jesse's aunt and uncle's house. Yesterday Jesse went boating again and I stayed home to relax. I had to work last night (Jesse had vacation-lucky duck!). I needed a day to recover from our busy weekend! I hope your weekend was as wonderful as ours :)

Friday Features-Fireworks

Everyone knows that the best part of 4th of July is the fireworks!!! I love the large ones that shoot all different colors :) I'm not a big fan of lighting them off myself, but I sure do enjoy a good fireworks showing :)

Etsy has plenty to show when it comes to fireworks! Here are some fun and not so traditional finds on fireworks.

turquoise fireworks ring

by mirthmarket

Happy 4th of July

by ajoyfullife

Papercuts-cutouts-handcuts-flower fireworks

by papercutdiecut

(These are all HAND cut!!!)

Fireworks...Vintage Cocktail Ring

by cellascreations

Happy 4th of July!!!

Here's wishing everyone a happy and safe Independence Day :) Enjoy some of my fireworks from last year!