Movie day, the 4th, and some yoga too

We had a great long weekend in our neck of the woods. Friday I had the pleasure of lunch and a movie with one of my sisters and two of my sis-in-laws. We had lunch at The Cheesecake Factory (yum!!), candy at the movie (another yum!) and then we were really bad and had some Pinkberry frozen yogurt after that (interesting, but also yum!) It was my first time at Pinkberry and I tried the coconut flavor...kinda hard to explain; it was like a Yoplait yogurt flavor but in soft-serve ice cream form (I guess I just explained it, huh?). The movie we saw was an ultimate chick-flick, My Sister's Keeper. Good movie, and we cried like babies! I'm so lucky that I have so much fun with my sisters!

Here is a picture of the four of us - Trisha, Cherie, me, and Kelli.

Saturday we went to Nick and Suzanne's for a big family 4th of July get together. Suzanne's daughters came in from out of state to join us, it was fun! Emily had been sick all week with a virus (and crazy high fevers) so we had to show up later than everybody else because she couldn't go swimming yet and we didn't want her to have to sit and watch everybody else swim. We had a lot of good food and good company though, and we stayed until after dark to watch the fireworks show. They have this amazing view from their backyard and we were able to see about 8 different fireworks shows from there! Most of them were a little too far off and really small, but right in the middle there were two main shows that were close enough to watch. It was really pretty and without the crowds and noise!

Here we all are before dinner - Charlene, Jon, Alex, Suzanne, Nick, Trisha, Shannon, me, Tina, Doug, Alexis, Jack, Devin, Emily, and Ryan.

Today I'm keeping busy. Emily has been dropped off at school, the A/C on my car is hopefully getting fixed, and lucky Bella has a vet appointment this afternoon. :)

Tonight is yoga! I signed up for a yoga class through the school district's rec. center. It's every Wednesday night for 10 weeks and last week was my first class. It felt really good and it should really pay off in helping me support my lower back better and help keep my bones (and hopefully my mind) more aligned. I'm looking forward to going again today and seeing if it leaves me as sleepy as it did last week, yay for a good night's sleep!