Fourth of July at the "Resort"

This year was our first July 4th together...last year, Brandon's family was in Belize and mine was visiting me in DC, and the summer before that was bwwt (before we were together). SO, we lived it up over the holiday weekend at the "resort".

We went swimming and sat by the pool reading and getting some sun

We went shopping, ate delicious Lebanese food AND had a BBQ out on a patio, played tennis, had an amazing pancake and egg breakfast where we got to visit with all sorts of old friends, and watched fireworks from a hillside with the Air Force band playing in the background and good friends near by.

Where is this resort, you are wondering? Where did all this fun happen?

Arlington (and Alexandria), VA of course!

Brandon and I joked all Friday and Saturday we were down in VA that we were vacationing at a "resort"...really, we were schlepping around our old stomping grounds and being hosted by some of our friends (Mandy and Trent, in pic above) who recently got married and moved into a super cute place (with a patio!). It was an awesome staycation, filled with relaxation, old memories, friends, and (of course) patriotism.

(We watched the DC fireworks from the Air Force Memorial, as shown above)