4th of July

To celebrate the 4th, Josh and Sheri came over, Sheri's parents Beverly and Jim, her sister Annette, her niece Jacqueline, and her Grandma too.

We had the pavilion ready to go.

It was in the upper 90's, and we wondered if it would be too hot.  As you can see, the RV is right there in the background so we cranked up the A/C in it just in case anyone wanted a break from the heat.

We sat up here around 5:30, and snacked on appetizers--chips, dips, cantaloupe, watermelon, strawberries and grapes. Yum! 

The RV wasn't needed either. It was still in the upper 90's at that time, and there was a slight breeze. It wasn't bad at all. (I forgot to take pics.)

We ate dinner in the house, and everyone bought a dish.

Or two. 

Or three.

In addition to the appetizers, there was potato salad, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, corn casserole, chocolate cake, brownies, cookies and cupcakes. For meat, we went simple and picked up Dickey's Barbecue--chopped beef, sliced beef, sliced turkey and sausage. There was enough food to feed an army, and it was delish! The army never showed up but we all did just fine!  

After dinner, Josh and George 

displayed their unicycle riding skills.

Woo-hoo! Go Josh!

And George!

They are both quite good at it!

    

Fireworks are not prohibited in the rural area where we live, so as usual, our neighborhood went berserk! George, Jim, Josh & Annette made two trips to the fireworks stand around the corner to stock up early in the evening.

We positioned ourselves in the driveway.

Annette

Sheri

Sheri's Grandma

Would you believe she's 91?

She hung with us the entire time too.

Jim

Beverly

Josh

George

Jacqueline fresh off a hand stand!

She's a cute, well-behaved little gal.

She takes gymnastics and 

demonstrated her skills for us.  

I was going to demonstrate mine but 

then I remembered I don't have any!

The crew.

Great minds plotting fireworks!

They're starting up as you can see 

in the distance which is 

actually just a street or two over.

Josh was pretty much the official

fireworks lighter and run away-er.

But, of course, we lit our own sparklers.

George watching!

Smokin' and sparklin'

Street level fire flurries!

Last pic.

It was a fun time!  

Everybody enjoyed themselves!

On a separate note, we have a good chance of rain in the forecast for several days starting on Saturday.  I'm all over it!  I hope it happens!

Smiles,

D~~~~