Hope you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends! It's already the 5th of July here, so here are some photos of our celebrations last night. Keep in mind it's winter here! It feels like I should be putting the Christmas tree up, not celebrating the 4th of July! Then when it is Christmas time I feel like we should be getting ready for the 4th of July! Will I ever get used to this? :)
Last night we had some friends over to help us celebrate. There were 11 of us in total. We had so much fun. What is the 4th of July without food? My husband braved the cold and grilled out for us. Thanks, honey!
Abby and Gracie at their special table!
After dinner we had s'mores. We can't get graham crackers here, but there is another kind of biscuit that you can buy that is similar and it already has chocolate on one side. Toast a marshmallow, put it in between two biscuits and you're good to go. Not quite the same, but still good.
Do you lightly toast the marshmallow or burn it to a crisp?
No, Abby! It's mine!
After we gorged ourselves on s'mores we went out to the deck to do sparklers. The only time you can buy sparklers here is in November and then they only sell them for 3 days. We've been saving these!
Abby's first sparkler. She was so excited. I was trying to catch her facial expressions, but in between the dark and almost getting burned with Gracie's sparkler, I never did get a great shot.
You can't see it in this photo, but at the end of the deck is the cow paddock (pasture). The cows all came up to see what was going on. We couldn't hear them coming, but when they got close and saw the fire they started to moo. We all about jumped out of our skins! I don't think the cows like the fire though, because they all ran away! We definately heard that!
After freezing outside with the sparklers, we came back in to warm up and play some games. The little girls got the box of dress-up clothes out and proceeded to give everyone a hat to wear. Here is Crystal, we were the only two Americans last night.
Dani and I
Ashley and his little girl, Amber
Gracie - don't you just love the chocolate on her chin :)
God bless America!
1 comment:
It's looks like you had a great party. Everyone seemed to be having fun, even the Kiwi's. The hats were very cute. I loved the special table
for Abigail and Gracie. The sparklers looked like a hit for Abigail. We didn't even do sparklers here, the kids may do them later tonight.
Love ya,
mom
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