Our 4th of July Celebration!

I am a bit late with these......I have simply got to be more consistent with my blog, or nobody will be coming back to read it. :-) By, the way, I haven't forgotten about my reading list. I promise I WILL HAVE MY SUMMARY UP VERY, VERY, VERY SOON!



So, here we go.

Bekah and Emmi frost cupcakes.

Me......."Let me get this extra out of the way, y'all" :-)

Mama, helping.

Let me help!

Natalie, ever helpful, saw where Bekah had put too much frosting, and was kind enough to take care of it for her.:-)

Dad's got frosting!



Not!

Emily was in charge of decorating the cupcakes......

She did such a lovely job........



This year, I was in charge of making our traditional Flag Cake! Our Flag Cake is simply a rectangular shortcake, with whipped cream on the top, and blueberries and strawberries placed in a flag pattern. It's also very delicious!

Whipping the cream......by hand.:-p

The cake! (sorry for the silly grin........I don't usually try to look that way.....:-))


During the afternoon, Dad, Bekah and Emmi set up out little pool outside......it was a very hot day, so they really enjoyed it.

The look on Natalie's face when she first saw the pool. It had a little slide shaped like a turtles head, so in a way looked like I big, green, funny, turtle. :-)

You've got to be kidding me.......

Look out pool, here I come!!!!

Natalie enjoying the slide!

After supper, we got ready to go and see fireworks!

We had to park about a mile away from the park where the fireworks were held. There was a great deal of people there.......

more than Natalie was used to seeing!

The Van Meter Ladies.....Me, Mama, Rebekah, Emily, Natalie.



We had to wait about an hour and a half before it was dark enough to hold fireworks......

Natalie eagerly awaiting the "lights" as she called them.

Bekah.

Adorable.

And at last, the fireworks!

This one looks like a balloon......

This is sorta like a flower.....

Stunning.

My favorite. I think it looks like a carrot. :-)

Mama took all of the fireworks pictures. Didn't they turn out beautifully?

Well, that was our 4Th of July! I hope everyone enjoyed theirs as much as we did ours!