Snapshots from Independance Day!

Jenna and Brittney don their war paint as they set off to gang up on Jeff. They had a backyard water fight, 5 girls vs. Jeff. Jeff just has the personality that gets him into these things. Duane, Lynn and I sat on the patio nice and dry and watched. He was quite unevenly matched.

We made our traditional flag fruit pizza and very much enjoyed eating it.

In the afternoon (all afternoon!) we played Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Jr. and Scene It. Here Duane and Lynn and Mikayla (teammates) confer on an answer for Scene It.

We battled the crowds and went to the 4th of July parade in the morning. It was so hot already! The Coralville parade attracts 25,ooo people, so it was crowded but we had a lot of fun. Jeff enjoyed getting the girls to tell all the different floats that "they rock" so they got lots of candy etc. Parades sure have changed since I was a kid. They handed out Gatorade, bottles or water, freezer pops, beach balls, ice-cream cups, and even samples of cake!

We grilled out for supper, hamburgers. And then went back in to Coralville for the fireworks. I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! I was just about in withdrawal. Duane took some with his camera phone but they turned out too dark.

On Thursday we went to the movie Evan Almighty(very good movie for all ages) and then strolled the mall. We made homemade ice-cream in the late afternoon and ate that at suppertime, ohhhh it was good! About 8 pm Jeff brought home pizza. ( He was working)

The Statens left about 9;30 Friday morning. We had a wonderful time with them! Thanks for making the trip guys!

Hope you all had a great 4th!

p.s.- you can double click on any picture in my blog and see it up close and personal- just fyi!!