Holiday's and family are just THE BEST! I love when my children can all be together and this 4th of July we were!! My son McKay was getting married on the 7th so all of the other kids were in town. We got together earlier, before the wedding craziness, and celebrated our dear USA! In addition to our own 8 children and their families, two other young families came and we enjoyed getting to know them as well. I think we had about 35 people all in all.
My oldest daughter was in charge of planning and activities. She did a terrific job and included some of the other kids in planning and helping. We tie-dyed shirts with sharpie markers, played corn hole, had a photo booth for pictures, bean bag toss for kids, bubbles and lots of visiting.
The food we enjoyed was a nice, cold, Chicken Cashew Salad with croissants if we wanted to make it a sandwich. Kids with less discriminating tastes had hot dogs. Everyone brought side dishes to share! I wish I'd gotten pictures of our food table - it was laden with delicious salads! Green salad with walnuts, tossed green salad, chips, whipped cream berry salad, watermelon, a vegetable tray and some yummy Rhubarb bars! Homemade ice cream for dessert, in 3 flavors.... Chocolate, Iron Port, and Vanilla.
As the night grew dark enough we enjoyed watching fireworks in our driveway and finished the night off with an outdoor movie. Some of us slept outside and others enjoyed nice, soft beds inside.
I am grateful for a country that enjoys the freedoms we enjoy. I love celebrating that with my family!
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