Celebrating the 4th

This year we celebrated the 4th of July at home. Friends from church came 'down the hill' (actually about 4 miles over country roads) for a cookout with chicken, hamburgers, and hotdogs. Then the fun began...the Moomaws brought all the fixings for homemade ice cream and we all took a turn at cranking. What a treat to have homechurned ice cream with fresh strawberries from our garden.

The rest of the evening was spent around the campfire while the kids toasted marshmallows. The little guys would pick up any stick they could find...even the ones that were only about 4 inches long... and ask us to help them 'burn the marshmallow'. They didn't want to eat them...they just wanted to burn them.

Some fireworks set off up on the hill above us completed the evening and we all agreed...it was the perfect way to celebrate and we'll have to do it again next year.