Happy 4th! We didn’t watch any big fireworks display this year, but did catch a few random ones folks set off close to us. Barley barks at the noise, but luckily, neither of our dogs gets too worked up over it.

We did go to our friend’s house for lunch—burgers on the grill. Yum! And this great, homemade cheesecake. Double yum! It had been a while since we had gotten together, so we really enjoyed hanging out for a while.

I’m thankful for this Independence Day and for our friends. And of course, the day off work. Bonus.