July Fourth Weekend

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures for this post but I wanted to tell about our relaxing holiday weekend! Since we both had off work, Alex and I wanted to take a short trip for the weekend. Of course the most obvious place is Orlando since our family owns a condo there; we never have to pay for a place to stay - which can often be on the expensive side. We had pretty much decided to go, however my car recently had to be fixed and we pretty much used the little bit of extra money we had saved up to fix it. :(
We were sure we wouldn't be able to take our trip because of the vehicle mishap. Luckily, Alex's parents had also thought about going to Florida for the weekend as well, so we decided we would just go together. It was really nice - Alex and I didn't have to drive the eight hour trip - we just relaxed in the back of his moms expedition, watched movies, and took cat naps! I was able to work in the morning on Thursday so we left just after lunch time and got to Celebration around nine thirty. With such a long trip we were all really tired and just crashed - BUT, it was nice to get there on Thursday so that we could have two whole days to spend doing whatever we wanted.
On the Fourth, Alex and I just hung out till about noon and then we decided to head out to the pool. Since it is right across the street from the condo we didn't have to go far!! There were so many people at the pool it was unreal, but the water felt so nice - it made me miss having a pool in the back yard. We stayed at the pool for a few hours and then we decided we should head back and start getting ready to go out for dinner. That night Alex's parents treated up to Logans Roadhouse - which was SO yummy! Afterwards we headed back to Celebration where they were having a free concert and fireworks. It wasn't a long show but they were really pretty. It was a pretty eventless day, but after going to class and work everyday it was a nice break!
On Saturday morning the whole family got up and after breakfast we went to downtown Disney and went through all the shops. We found some REALLY cute things for the baby, but decided we would hold out until the next time we were in town. After walking around for a couple of hours we got some lunch at the Earl of Sandwich and it was super yummy! But it was so packed we had two or three people waiting for our table before we were even ready to get up. When we were finally finished we cleaned up our table and let the people waiting fight it out - we got back to the car and headed for the condo. Alex and I suited up as soon as we got back and went down to the pool for another day of sun. There weren't nearly as many people there as on Friday, so we stayed a little bit longer the day before and boy it was interesting.
This little girl and her aunt came to the pool - she was about eight or nine years old. She literally walked around the pool singing at the top of her lungs while dancing and stopping every few seconds to play her air guitar. When she didn't get a response from anyone she proceeded to go right outside the gates of the pool to crash a 50th Anniversary party. We could hear her from there, singing Hannah Montana and Hillary Duff songs at the top of her lungs for those poor old people who were trying to celebrate 50 years together!! :)
After the pool we took showers and went to dinner at a little place in downtown Celebration called Marketstreet Cafe - where Alex and I ate dinner the night he proposed... so, we have to go there and eat everytime we are in town. After dinner Alex and I went and played putt putt golf at a new place that opened up close to Celebration. Alex won, of course, but I got two holes in one!! YAY. Hey, that is a big accomplishment. It was a nice night out and a whole lot of fun - which we havent been able to have in a long time.
Sunday began with a long long ride home, unpacking the car in the rain and then going straight to my parents house for dinner. It was kind of a crazy ending to a relaxing weekend.
We are really greatful that we were able to still go and be able to enjoy ourselves for a few days before the July session of school started. Now it's back to work and back to school... I can't wait till the next holiday!!