Sparklers, Great Food and Five Little Firecrackers

 

Hello Friends...

How was your 4th of July celebration? Ours was hot, humid, and very muddy! Just a few hours before the kids were due to come for dinner, we had a huge thunderstorm. I wish I could say it cooled things off, but that wasn't the case.  Unfortunately it made things even more sticky and humid.

But it didn't stop us from enjoying our feast of hot dogs, spicy corn dip, spinach dip, baked beans, potato salad and a delicious dessert of Tres Leches. Thankfully my daughters-in-law can cook, so they made the dips and dessert, which were all so delicious!

Here's a picture of our little firecrackers! All 5 grandkids, seated and still, just long enough to get a picture. Ella, Asa, Addie, Emmy and Calem - ages 7 years (almost 8) to 9 months old.  They are each so precious, in their own individual way. 

When it was finally getting dark enough, we were able to go outside with some sparklers for the girls to try for the first time. 

Thankfully the rain was gone, but as you can see, we had to stay on the driveway due to the muddy yard.

I remember doing fireworks with my dad every year. I think I'm old enough that sparklers are enough excitement for me these days 😀

(By the way, these pictures are courtesy of my DIL, so thank you Alex!)

After the sparklers were all done, everyone headed home. We could hear fireworks in the neighborhood until we fell asleep, but we were so tired that it didn't bother us too much.

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Now today is another day and it's back to work for David and lots of office work on my agenda today.

I'm determined to find cheaper insurance for auto and homeowners, so I'll be working on that today. I'll also be checking on some subscriptions that I need to pare down to the bare minimum. 

I think I'll work on my embroidery project today during some downtime. Tomorrow is Millie Day, so it will be full steam ahead with all 3 girls. That usually entails some sort of craft project, puzzles, play dough and lots of snacks and food. 

I've also been purging photos on the computer and my phone. I'm determined this is the year that I take all the good photos and actually make albums we can feel and hold. 

So, I'm off to start my day!

I hope you have a great day and rest of the week and hopefully I'll be back with some earth shattering posts very soon! (not really...just the ordinary stuff, most likely) 😉

Until Next Time...

Blessings!