We had forgotten that this hike, although not super long, is a whole lot o' uphill. We had invited Tay, Nae & Evie to join us, but they politely declined. Thank heavens... it was hot and a bit strenuous, and we talked about how Tay would have had to carry Evie much of the way.
It was also beautiful.
Mauri brought along her new camera, purchased with her hard earned money and through some thrifty shopping.
We had packed a little picnic lunch, which we enjoyed in the shade. When the breeze died down, the flies joined us in droves.
We stopped by this cute ice cream shop on our way out of town. Mar informed us she had been there before on a date {with Miles-of-smiles}. That girl has had a plethora of dating experiences {wink}.
Once we got home, we rested for few, then started prepping for our BBQ.
Right as peeps were arriving, we had a nice refreshing downpour.
Billy-my-hero was still happy to BBQ in the rain. Love him.
We had brats and burgers. We wanted to straighten out the brats, and someone had the idea to skewer them... which worked great, although they were a bit tricky to get OFF the skewer after being cooked.
They were yummy.
They were yummy.
The Gouberts brought this fun blueberry/strawberry pie.
It was so fun to have peeps over to celebrate with us.
These Haynie girls are so cute... one of them cried when it was time to go home, and asked if she could come back and have a sleepover next time. I'm so glad they like coming to my house.
Thanks to a suggestion from my dear friend Vernet, I had purchased some supplies to make giant bubbles. Mar helped me mix them, and made some cool bubble makers.
Luckily the skies cleared up, and we had a pleasant evening for bubbling.
Mar enjoyed the bubbles, too, and was a bit more successful at making giant bubbles, but the little girls had a blast trying.
As you can see, we are in the middle of a backyard project... we just partied right on around the piles of retaining wall block.
Just as it got dark, we went over to a hill near the Haynie's home to watch the Castle Rock fireworks. Mauri's {boy}friend Jake joined us there.
Then we walked down the block to a culdesac to watch some of the fireworks Franklin had purchased.
One of Franklin's fireworks was called, "What just happened?"... Bill had some fun with that when Franklin tossed a burning spinning flower that rolled under a parked car.
"BOOM!"
"What just happened?!?"
Haha.
It was a great way to celebrate.
Happy Birthday, America!
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