The Fourth

This year we took advantage of the Fourth of July to celebrate not just America in general, but Chev's official arrival in DC. She moved here on the third, and we were able to throw a pretty epic party to welcome her. Though I'm definitely getting less able to party the way I used to. I should have planned ahead and taken Monday off from work.

We had vague plans to play True American and go see fireworks. But those all went out the window in favor of beer pong. In true Mudd (I guess it's Mudd/Scripps now) style, we spent all night throwing ping pong balls at red cups and drinking beer. We also ate hot dogs and burgers and pasta salad and rainbow fruit (though the kiwi I bought were yellow instead of green).

I fell asleep early, as usual. But everyone else stayed up late into the night. The next morning we kept the party going with mimosas and pancakes. We played Smash and 7 Wonders, and then we went to the park to try out a game Jen and Steve had invented. It involved dinosaurs, volcanoes, and water balloons, and I won. Mostly by dumb luck, but I still won.

It was a great weekend. We're super excited to have lured yet another friend to DC. And while my rapidly filling social calendar is currently giving me some mild anxiety, I'm excited to spend more time seeing people. I'll find some down time somewhere.