This year us J-Ms were away in Colorado for Maggie & Eric’s wedding over the weekend during which much of the USA celebrated the 4th of July. So, we hosted our traditional 4th of July with my side of the family the following weekend. 4 days of “4th” festivities which included:
- A perfect heat wave just in time for a string of perfect pool days.
- By far MorFar’s biggest and best fireworks display ever!
- The traditional sparklers and snaps.
- A quickly developing relatively newer tradition — doing a puzzle — reveals the uber-intensity of the Johnson side of the family (!).
- A couple of Saturday morning “appointments” at “Meera’s Make-Up Salon.”
- Ice cream at OwWowCow.
- Glow sticks in the pool at night (does anyone else do this?! super fun to do!).
- Dinner out at K,O,M’s favorite restaurant– hibachi at Kome.
- And of course lotsa lotsa pool time & lotsa lotsa good food and drink!
When they all left this year it was bittersweet. Sweet because we had a great time. Bitter because this was our last time hosting the 4th of July at this house. One of the very best things about this house is how great it is for hosting guests… especially in the summer… and our 4th of Julys are the epitome of that! We will miss that. A lot.
Us J-Ms dream of keeping on hosting the 4th of July for the Johnson side of the family… so now we just cross our fingers and hope that they’ll keep on coming each year when we invite them… to wherever we are… for the 4ths in our future! (And when they come, we like to make it worth the trip, in hopes they will come back next year!)
How fun!!
Happy 4th!! Looks such fun – may you have many happy 4ths wherever you are!
– Kate
Looks like so much fun. Makes me wish I had a pool nearby to jump into.
Two things:
1) The photo of Meera looking at MorMor is just precious.
2) Where. Do. You. Get. The. Energy. And this is from one type A to another (A stands for ‘ambitious’, right? đŸ˜‰ ). Family travel weekend followed by 4th of July party hosting? I am flabbergasted.
Yeah. Thanks for noticing that Nicole (A = ambitious… Love it!)… Yes, totally insane levels of energy required… I am pretty much running on sheer ambition (and only fumes) at this point! Thank you for ‘getting it’…. Too few do. :-0
Looks like a super fun time with your family!!
We haven’t done the glow sticks in the pool yet, but the kids love when they get to use them in the tub!
Wow! Looks great! And I am super impressed you hosted that get-together merely days after returning from your family trip to CO.!
We just got back from our annual trip to NH and I am buried in laundry and trying to get back into our summer lives-lol! Good for you. You are such an inspiration to me and I’m always in awe of your energy( you must have tons to pull off all that you do!)
Looks like you’re having a wonderful summer!!