Our 4th of July party was a success!  🙂

It was a huge blogger get together!  From left to right:  Ashley, Ryan, me, Megan, and Kelly. 

All the foodies brought over some great munchies:

I started off with a glass of champagne:

And then had a Strongbow:

And then a Sangria that Ryan made:

It was quite a fun party.  We hung out in the backyard and played with all the puppies, including Kelly‘s new puppy, Oliver.  He is the cutest thing ever. 

Ashley and James had a minor love affair.  I thought James was going to leave me for her!  🙂

I kind of just snacked on random fruit, Blue Chips and salsa, and delicious homemade cookies!

Plate 1:

And Plate 2:

In hindsight, that was a lot of cookies!  :)  They were so good!  But I am definitely OVER the indulgences of the weekend — bring on the vegetables tomorrow!

It’s always fun to hang out with other bloggers and talk shop.  Kelly (who is Meghann’s little sister) has actually launched her blog now; check it out — it’s called Beneath It All.

And ironically enough, we never got to watch the downtown Orlando fireworks!  We were having so much fun playing Catch Phrase (great icebreaker game, by the way) that we left too late to get parking and ended up just pulling over on a random side street to watch from a distance.

Maybe next year!  🙂

I’m off to bed — I hope you had a fun and happy 4th of July!