Our July 4th

I hope ya'll enjoyed your weekend! I know we sure did. Saturday's weather was terrrrrible!! It poured most of the morning but finally cleared up by the afternoon. We went to our local farmers market early to pick up some goodies! I made this fabulous fruit pizza. I was inspired by a sweet blogger friend with her recipe that you can find here! Thanks Kellie for the awesome idea! 

We spent the day at our friends parent's home on the water. In years past the day has been beautiful and warm so we could play in the water. This year was spent mostly inside chatting with friends and eating way too much food. Once the weather finally cleared up we ventured outside. It was nice to spend the day with awesome friends. 

Sunday was well spent at Scott's grandfather's pool. Again we ate way too much. But the company was wonderful and it was very nice to relax. We finished out the weekend with the USA Women's World Cup WIN!! I can't say I watched much. I was cozied up on the couch reading away!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well! What did you do to celebrate?

xo, Mrs. Slem

birthday present

Our weekend was amazing!! It started with happy hour on Thursday with my best friends that live close to celebrate my birthday. Everyone else celebrates their birthday for a whole week right?? Then Friday evening began my b-day gift from Scott. He took me to the city (Baltimore) which is about a 35 minute drive from our house. We walked around the Inner Harbor for a bit and then he surprised me with dinner at the Rusty Scupper. This is a nicer restaurant that overlooks the boats and the water. The boats closest to us were massive yachts. We kept guessing what each of them probably cost.  The food was superb and my date wasn't so bad either ;)

After dinner we went to Mobtown Ballroom for swing dancing lessons. We had the absolute best time. Scott and I took lessons before our wedding and enjoyed it so much we decided to try again. We are by no means dancers. So getting lessons is more a comedy show than learning any moves. The ballroom was located in an old church. The stained glass windows were amazing! The lessons lasted about an hour and then the dance floor opened up to anyone and everyone. There were about 40 people there for the lessons. Younger than us, our age, older than us, singles, and couples. We rotated partners through the lessons so it didn't matter if you came as a single or a couple. We for sure did not master any of the moves. But we had a blast trying. Dancing with the older (60's-70's) gentlemen was hysterical. They didn't realize that they wouldn't be getting lessons with just their wives so they were so cute when they were terrible dancing with me. I even had an old guy almost kick me during one of the moves. 

I will update with photos of our July 4th weekend in another post!

xo, Mrs. Slem