It Was Another Grand Old Fourth!

 Things don't change much for us these days. You could say that for our celebrations too, but that doesn't diminish them. We attended a morning parade party and small town parade. We came home and caught up with social media and the news and the World Cup action. We drove to SIL Jan's house on Henderson Bay for time with family, lots of eating, and fireworks. The fun is in the details. 

I didn't get a photo of the Parade Party, but Jill, Irene, and summer granddaughter Allie joined us along with a lot of other friends and family of the hosts Becky and Jim. We ate well and visited and then moved to the curbside to watch the parade. Yes, it was mostly cars, old cars and new cars and fancy cars and trucks loaded with kids. The kids along the street scrambled for the candy being tossed. It was all fun.

I like red cars, and a few yellow and green and blue cars too. 

Celebrating soccer

Boat floats

Balloons and red, white, and blue everywhere. 

I had lots of fun talking to people in the cars, entertaining Irene with my Grandma carryings on, and watching kids scramble for candy. 

The drive to Jan's later showed off America the Beautiful.

The usual suspects: front row, Jan, Allie from Nebraska, Tom, Linda; Back row, Irene Seila, Isaac, Jill. 

There was lots of food. Jill assembled fresh fruits and vegies and cheeses and crackers and chips and I don't remember what all. 

Then later there was dinner: grilled hotdogs and burgers and mac salad and corn salsa salad and more. 

Eventually we had to take time out from eating to watch and do fireworks. Jill had her stash, and Jan's neighbors around the bay went all out this year.

I made it down to the waterfront to do sparklers with the kids. I like having kid fun. 

I stayed down by the water with the kids. Jill's fireworks were fun and were backlit by the enormous displays all around the bay. 

Then we ate some more. Here is Irene's American pie. 

It was just after midnight when we got home but we had to delay going to bed for digestion time, and the booming that was still going on in the neighborhood. It was another bang-up 4th of July. 

Today we got up late, went for a walk in the park, caught up with news and social media, and have watched the Norway vs Brazil World cup match.  Yay Norway!!! 

 

There will be a light supper, with some left over mac salad while we watch the next soccer match. England vs Mexico should be another good one!

We are fully into summer mode here.