Posted in Daily Life, tagged 4th of July, fire, fireworks, Independence Day, Lemon Jello Cake, potato salad, sparklers on July 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Friday night was spent eating too much, laughing too much and lighting things on fire. First, of course, was the traveling. The boys needed to keep up their strength for the long night ahead.
Once we got there, it was visiting with family and eating lots of food. Doesn’t that potato salad look good?
After dinner [...]
Posted in Daily Life, tagged above-ground pool, Children, photo, sand, water balloon fight on July 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The sand for our pool arrived Thursday. The mason’s sand will be used to level the ground below the pool. We need to make sure everything is nice and even because our neighbor does not want 3,000 gallons of water flowing through his yard. Not sure why he’s against it, but whatever.
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In the interest of [...]
Posted in Daily Life, tagged Independence Day, July 4, photo, US Flag on July 4, 2008 | 10 Comments »
For those in the US, here’s wishing you a wonderful (and safe) day.
After we spend the morning hauling sand from the driveway to the backyard, we’re off to visit family, eat too much barbecue & potato salad, and take part in the annual pyrotechnic ritual in which citizens across this nation intentionally light things on [...]
Posted in General on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have a photo in Wine on The Keyboard’s June Photo of the Month Contest. Head on over and vote for your favorite photo (really, vote for your favorite, it doesn’t have to be mine). I don’t know how long the voting is open, though, so head on over today.
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