The 4th of July!!

This 4th was a little different for us. Normally we get together with Hunny's side of the family and have a big picnic. It is something I look forward to all year. But this year no one had a picnic. So we ended up having lunch with my side of the family. We ended up going to Monicals. Monicals is sort of a family tradition that we have had since I was a little girl. So that is were we decided to go for lunch. :)
Joy even got to bring her current "boyfriend" Andrew. And I must say that he is a very nice and polite boy.

Dada was in her element with 16 other people to show off for!!

Brother on the other hand wasn't. He was quite crabby and cranky that day!!







Last year at our city's fireworks, there was a shooting, and people were throwing fireworks into the crowd a half a block from where we were sitting. We just didn't feel safe and so we decided to go somewhere else this year.So we jumped at the chance of having a picnic at Kevin and Heather's house. This was something that I had been looking forward to.





Beth and Heather having a great time!


The girls were laughing and running around before the fireworks started.
They were playing in the field across from us and picked flowers. They even found a Roley poly that they all fought over!!



The boys played their own games in the field......I still don't know what they were doing, but they were having fun!! :) Brother and Logan came up to the parents with this pile of dirt as their treasure!!

And this is my favorite one of the day! Little Eli is such a precious baby. He was just laughing and smiling and making all the parents laugh!!






And finally....last night I made a peach crisp. Peaches are one of my favorite fruits, and I had a bag I needed to use up. I have also been in the baking mood lately. SO I whipped up this crisp. Hunny said I did good. It was delicious!!