Celebrating the 4th

This past weekend, we celebrated the 4th of July by eating a ton of food, or rather, I did. I ate so much food on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Believe it or not, I was full! I couldn't eat another bite last night as Megan did the usual - pass her food on to me.

Friday we had the day off of work, so I lounged around and ate some food at my father-in-law's taxidermy shop (3 hamburgers, 2 links of sausage, tons of french fries). That evening, Meg and I took Maggie Belle to Ridgeland to see the balloons and hear Diamond Rio (nothing says America like mid-90's country). As they say at The Cupboard, "A good time was had by all."

Saturday, we went to Yazoo with Meg's family to get on Dan's (brother-in-law) family's boat at Wolf Lake. There, I also ate two hamburgers, potato salad, rice crispy treats, and more. I learned how to wakeboard, and learned that Haley Barbour has a lake house out there (bet we paid for it too).

Sunday, I ate a smoked pork loin and chicken as well as some Mexican food with my parents after a nice patriotic service at Parkway Baptist (we got to hear from a Marine who survived the attack on Iwo Jima - he was 83 years old).

With all the food and fun we had, I didn't look over the best part of the weekend. We got to spend some good quality time with both sides of the family. It was great. Also, it was great to join the entire country in thinking about our troops overseas. Several were home and decked out in their dress uniforms.

Here are a bunch of pictures from our weekend:

Ridgeland Balloon Glow

Maggie Belle does not like her harness. But she did want to drive.

Meg and myself at the balloon glow.

The balloons.

The fat dog and the barefooted boy.

The fat dog and the cute wife.


Wolf Lake

Megan and myself taking in the view.

Riding in the boat. Looking at our governor's house I paid for.

Haley's house.

Dan showing me how to wakeboard. "Sit like a frog."

Sitting like a frog.

Getting up. Took a few tries.

I'm a pro! No, it killed my legs. But it was so much fun.

Dan telling me to move side to side.

Me, busting.

Meg at her attempt. "sit like a frog."

Meg getting up.

Meg falling down.

Opting for a safer ride.

My wife and her husband.

Dennis (Dan's dad) tried to kill us.

And who would've thought Megan would be the survivor. So wrong.