July 4th

We had beautiful weather on the 4th. The most enjoyable in years. We went out to Trey's parents, and ended up doing most of the celebrating - which always means food - at his grandparents house.
Trey's dad just bought a new 4-wheeler, so he took all the kids for a test drive.
Evan and cousin Joel's reaction to the start of the firework show. But, boy did they loosen up. They were even lighting some of the crazy things. I kinda closed my eyes to that. I trusted that the men in charge knew what they were doing. Giving fire control to 5 yr olds???
Papa and Mimi and 4 of the grandkids.
Sweet Dean was quietly scared of the fireworks. He would snuggle in close to my mom, or his Papa. He would only look at the fireworks through a metal chair. We got so tickled at this. Cause his body would be fully exposed, but he would keep his eyes piered through the holes in the rusty old chair. I guess it created an armor-like protection for him.

Burgers were great - homemade ice cream even better. It took me 3 bowls to decide how good it was. I would have liked to have gone for a fourth, but decided that wasn't ladylike.