fabulous fourth. and big big week plans.

this year we celebrated the fourth in style. a 3-day celebration! every 4th of july should be 3 days of celebrating!

friday: TH woke up early so we had an early breakfast at jimmy t's, one of our fav spots in dc. then to frager's, where we were so inspired by all the plants and seedlings that we bought supplies for a garden!
we went home and sweated the day away, clearing weeds and brush and replanting flowers to make room for the new garden, little kansas. or maybe babylon. we haven't quite named her yet. we planted cukes, brocc, maters, squash, and beets!
that night we went to manassas to celebrate in style.

the newlyweds even joined us!deb debs birthday celebration. the girls decorated the cake! doesn't my mom look too young to be a grandma?

we went to Willards BBQ for a debdeb birthday/pre-4th family celebration.saturday: my roommate hosted a pancake party. delicious banana pancakes!

my roommate. she loves the pancakes.

then we spent the entire afternoon and evening in dc. first georgetown shopping where i got some cute cute things, including this orange number from anthropologie. and TH got a periodic table shirt from urban, and i quizzed him on the elements. he's very smart.

we walked to the jefferson to celebrate with our friends, then walked back to georgetown. it was a good, very exhausting, but very fun day.

sunday was church and reading and then i dropped TH off at the airport for his london getaway. he's there for awhile, so i'm using the time to catch up on much needed activities.

big big plans for the week.

last night i finished the great gatsby which is such a great summer read. its on my netflix. i started this book on saturday and finished it monday - i couldn't put it down. its nice to finish a book since i can't seem to do that lately (probably because i've been reading books like this and this).

this week is a blast so far, and will only get better with friends coming into town this weekend (i hope so much!!!)