We kicked off the long weekend by trespassing into homes being built. Yup, you read that right. Although it really wasn't that big of a deal. We have our design center appointments starting next week and they suggested checking out model homes for ideas. Well, the model homes always go ALL OUT and the ones near are house are about 5 years old (so some stuff probably isn't available anymore while it doesn't have new stuff). So we went into another new Circle C community to walk through the houses being built to see what the people chose. Our main things we were focusing on were cabinets, countertops, floors, and tile (backsplash and shower). It was a success because we got some really good finds! But we'll just have to see how much it all costs next week....
Saturday was a lounge day, and we went to the neighborhood pool to read. That night, we had dinner at Hyde Park Grill and reminisced about the night that Nelson met Lindsay and Ben for the first time. That's where we'd had dinner, then went bowling and got cupcakes at Hey! Cupcake :) But this time, we went and saw The Purge: Election Year afterwards.
Sunday, after church and grocery shopping, we went back out to the houses being built to take pictures. I realized I wanted to be able to reference actual images next week. And then we went to a really nice dinner at Trattoria Lisina. Cheri had given us a gift certificate for this winery / restaurant when we closed on our house as a thank you. We enjoyed an antipasta appetizer (we've recently realized that, while we're not drinkers, we're meat and cheese people), main course of chicken (Nelson, go figure) and pork chop (me), and topped off the meal with vanilla bean gelato (me). Thanks, again, Cheri!
Monday morning was July 4, and we met the Lindahl's at the swim center for the Circle C parade. It's always interesting being in public with them because there are so many stares and murmurs; you can just feel all eyes on you. But they're super cute girls, so I'm sure they were noticing that, too ;) On our way home, Nelson found a pretty cool "<3 Mom" tattoo on the ground, and we decided to put it in a prime location.
Happy 4th of July! And thank you to those who have served and are serving to protect our freedom!
