An All-American 4th

I've always enjoyed the 4th of July more when out of the country.  Something about being away from home makes me more excited about celebrating it.  Our team got together on Sunday at Carson and Holly's house for hamburgers, french fries, deviled eggs, potato salad, jello, ice cream and American flag cookies.  Holly even made ice with blue food coloring for added fun.

The one thing that arrived in Geita last September in not quite perfect condition was our gas grill.  And by not quite perfect condition I mean 6 or 8 pieces.  Which was sad, because 1) we love to grill and 2) the weather's good year round for grilling and it's a terrible waste to not take advantage.  With the 4th looming and our desire for actual good-tasting burgers increasing, Carson and Brett set out to put the grill back together.  So Saturday night it was ready to go.  This was pretty exciting for us; not only for the holiday but for the many future opportunities for deliciousness.

So we ate, played bocce ball (an italian lawn game), ate some more, enjoyed fine conversation, and ate some more.  We were going to set off a firework, but it was forgotten back at the house, so Calvin set it off tonight for us instead.  It was a pretty good one, too.

We did have one cookie incident though.  I wanted a picture of Baylor in her 4th of July outfit and I thought it would be cute to include one of the American flag cookies that Holly made.  But Baylor tried to eat it so we tried to take it away and then it broke and fell on the ground.  This did not make Baylor happy.  She actually cried for almost a full 5 minutes.  This was the first time she cried over something being taken away from her.  But Baba made it all better by turning her bib into a cape and flying her around the yard.