The 4th

This year was the best fourth of July ever. It was lots of fun! I ended up going to Bremen, where Ben lives, on Thursday night because we both had the day off on Friday. I didn't get there until 11pm because I had to work, but it was still nice getting to come a night early. When I got to Ben's he had a special surprise for me. It was FLOWERS! They were so beautiful. And to make them even more special, he had hand picked all of them from around town and even went out and bought a pretty vase and purple ribbon for them. It was so special...extra special since he did it himself! So that made my week. On Friday we slept in and finally got up and moving around noon. We were going to a party the next day so we thought it would be a good idea to bring something. Well, we came up with the idea to make a "watermelon keg". This is where you carve out a watermelon insert a faucet into the side and fill it with a drink of your choice and to get the drink out you just use the little faucet. So we spent most of Friday afternoon making this keg creation. After all of our hard work we decided to go on a dinner date to Red Lobster and then head home and watch a movie (since it's cheaper than going to one).

On Saturday, the fourth, we went to a cookout at Ben's aunt's house. I got to meet more of the family here. Everyone was very nice and friendly and made me feel welcome. We stayed there for a good portion of the day and then headed to church around 6. I'm amazed at how much I actually like going to Ben's church. I've never really been the type that ever desired to go and when I did I never wanted to pay attention. But I like going there because they have good music and a good message...and I think it helps that Ben is there too haha. So after church we headed to Abby's, Ben's sister, little get-together at her apartment. That was a nice evening. We enjoyed fireworks, good company, and of course, the watermelon keg. All of us girls ended up falling asleep after the fireworks while the boys played some golfing video game. I think we ended up getting home around 12:30. I was BEAT!

Sunday was probably one of the most fun days that I've had with Ben. We were bored so we decided to take both of our cameras and head to the playground to get some fun photos. It was great because we got lots of good shots and we got to play on all of the equipment. We ended up going to two different parks and some little pond area. We had lots of good laughs together. I think we spent about five hours wandering around taking pictures. It's really nice that we have some of the same interests. Then of course Sunday evening came and I had to say good-bye and head home. That's always the hardest part :( But all in all, the weekend was fantastic. I love going to Bremen to see Ben because it's a nice cozy town and we get to be around his family.