Walking Tacos

The idea of  Walking Tacos was a great thing for the large group of people we had for dinner on Sunday night.This is not so much a recipe…but a GREAT idea…and if you ever need something easy for a group be it family, friends or sports team this is a great food to serve. They […]

Royals/Twins Baseball Game

On Sunday a group went to the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins baseball game. The Twins and the Royals are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. The Twins are based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising Minneapolis and St. Paul. The name Royals […]

Breakfast Shooters

One of our guest for the weekend, Jason, brought orange juice and a bottle of Crown Royal Maple for breakfast shooters. One shot glass full of Crown Royal Maple and another shot of orange juice which make a perfect morning drink. The Crown is smooth enough to prevent your head from snapping back at the […]

Waiting For Darkness

As we were waiting for it to get dark enough to set off the fireworks, everyone collected in the driveway for some socializing and a few drinks. After the fireworks, we planned to light the fire pit and put a movie on for the kids to watch. As I was taking pictures of the group, […]

Sisters

                                                    Kristie and Holan were making faces for the camera.

Odd & Ends

Two time on the fourth the kids got to do water balloon. Windy picked up a Bunch O Balloons Water Balloons. These are new on the market and is supposed to be the fastest way to fill balloons for water balloon fights. The pack had three sets each consisting of a hose attachment with 37 […]

Eating Under the White Tent

This is the tent Steve purchased, it was cheaper to buy instead of renting one for the weekend. They didn’t put the sides on since it was going to be nice weather. It made a nice area to sit and visit before and after lunch. Rick had tables we used and Bob got chairs from […]

Time to Eat

Samantha made us a menu sign for our 4th of July Lunch. It helped people to see what was on the buffet as they were waiting in line. She really enjoys doing crafts and making posters. Maybe she will go into marketing or graphic arts when she gets older. When the conversation started on having […]

Visiting With Friends

As I started to write this post, I looked up at the title I had written. Then I questioned, what does it mean to be a friend. So I went to the Urban Dictionary, not a source used by persons of my age, but I find they usually have some interesting definitions. So it’s definition […]

Hanging out @ Pool

There are times you want to get in the pool and other times you like just being around the pool. In this first picture is Wendy is in the pool but not in THE pool. Steve purchased a small kids pool for the little ones to play in, didn’t think about the adults using it […]