Happy Fourth!

God has blessed not only America, but also our family.  I love any opportunity to get together, but the Fourth of July is definitely one of my favorite times of the year!  We have been hosting the family for several years now, and I simply love it!!

The night before, everyone except Reed and I ventured down to the sand piles to shoot a few fireworks! Reed had retired for the night!

The next day we got everything ready and then waited patiently for everyone to arrive. Maddie played a little badminton and waited at the end of the drive for the cousins.

These two waited inside on the guests to arrive.

Pop got up in the wee hours to get the meat on.  Yummy!

We changed things up a little bit, and served the food from inside.  I think it worked much better.

 And we set the tables up under the big sycamore tree in the front, rather than around the pool.  It was much, much cooler!

This stinker was playing a little game of peek a boo!

Family, food and fun!

It's awesome having the sweet Hall's as part of the family now!

Perfect day for some fun in the pool!

Happy Fourth!