What a weekend!

I love long, holiday weekends and this one did not disappoint. Our schedule was packed and we loved every minute of it.

Thursday
Mike took off work on Thursday to participate in the "Ginny Bucket Open" (a golf tournament and party hosted by our friend Allison and Shaun's parents). So Mike golfed all day where I worked around the house. We met up at the Legends in Eureka for the afterparty at Allison's parents' house. They just got an adorable Victorian Bulldog (is that right, Al) and we had a blast playing with her. (Sorry the pictures are blurry...all were taken on the iPhone when I wasn't exactly sober.)Of course the night would be complete without the BEST steak sandwiches EVER and ginny buckets!!!Friday
Mike and I spend most of the afternoon at the Kirkwood pool with my friend, Carrie. Carrie and I usually layout the whole time but Mike decided that he didn't want to "be boring." That translated to 5 trips around the lazy river, 4 trips down the huge slides (they are actually fast and the dark one is scary), and some time doing backflip and handstand contests in the big pool. Mike got burned so bad and I regret not taking a picture. Seriously, you have never seen red like this. My poor, pale husband.

Friday night, we went to dinner with some best friends (Tess and Kevin and Allison and Shaun). You have heard me mention these couples tons of times. Tess and Kev are getting married on our anniversary weekend and Allison and Shaun will be welcoming their little one within the next 2 weeks! We stuffed our faces and did a lot of laughing and talking at Magianno's. YUM!Saturday
I love the 4th of July (which also happens to be my friend, Kate's, birthday)!!! This year, a lot of our college friends were out of town in Chicago and we got to hang out with my best friends from high school. SO MUCH FUN! Stevie had everyone over and we had a blast! Her house is adorable and we are so excited for her wedding to Matt in October. On to the pictures...The 4 of us were inseparable in high school!So "Slap the Bag" might be the dumbest "game" I have ever played but it was hilarious. You chug wine out of the bag while everyone counts how many seconds you can do it...and then you slap the bag and try to break it...but the bag can't break. Your hand can though...it hurt!

Picture of the crew (it is so funny how we all ended up matching our husband/fiance/boyfriend)!We spent a lot of Sunday recovering and I had to work on a presentation due on Monday. We went to dinner with my family at Balducci's. Have you been there? DELICIOUS PIZZA! I will end with a picture of my baby and I from this wonderful weekend :)