We had a fabulous 4th of July celebration at our home. This year we decided that we were taking over the 4th as our holiday. All of my siblings have "their" holidays so we chose our first one. We had a delicious spread- we went with BBQ as the main event. We also had some wonderfully patriotic food too including salad with blueberries and strawberries, red white and blue dipped strawberries, truffles and pretzel rods, red and white pina coladas (a.k.a. Hawaiian lava flow) and blue corn chips with queso and salsa. We also enjoyed red white and blue cake with homemade strawberry ice cream and s'mores.
Everyone enjoyed the outdoor games- golf toss and corn hole.
A kid and adult favorite-the slip and slide. Pappy even took a couple joy rides down the thing.
Red, white and blue eats.
Roc making the ice cream
Nell tasting the Hawaiian lava flow drinks
The slip-n-slide champ J-Man
Gigi, E and Pappy enjoying the swing
Some of my crafty decor.
Our little family.
We bought a plethora of outdoor games that everyone enjoyed. We also tried to do water balloons but that was an epic fail! Apparently we bought the worst water balloons ever made. The slip-n-slide will definitely be making an appearance next year. The kids made everyone s'mores over the grill and the day ended with a pretty sweet fireworks display put on by the Hubs and Roc. There was only one grouping that went astray and sent the entire family running for their lives. It was also the first fireworks set off so that Lo could experience some. She was unfazed by the fiasco but her Mama wasn't so calm as she bobbed and weaved around the yard like she was in a war zone. Good times!
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