Patriotism: Ribs, Wrestling, and Godzilla

This year's Fourth of July, while very fun, was quite tame when compared to past year's. We didn't even start the hay field on fire. Not once! We did have one semi-serious injury. My nephew cut his thumb with a very sharp knife while trying to decapitate a Cabbage Patch Kid. He's 27. But we only had one injury! And it wasn't even gun-powder related.

We had some great food. (Including my Exploding Jell-O Salad.) This is The Gipper discovering RIBS.

Contributing to the AWESOMENESS of the day, Laura and Lon borrowed a Bounce House! It was a hit with the kids (and Alex).




It didn't take the kids too long to discover the fun in waiting for the Bounce House to fill with people, and then to turn OFF the air and watch it collapse upon the screaming giggling kids (and Alex).

Peter Pan's got nothing on these best friends: Alex, Gavin, and Garrett had a great time playing with fireworks. Gavin acquired some Godzilla-like friends and a Cabbage Patch Kid at a garage sale that morning. They were specially bought with a purpose in mind...a purpose that involved many packages of firecrackers, dozens of ground blooms, some bottle rockets, and a few sparklers. Many a heads were blown apart yesterday.


And what's a party without Masked Wrestlers? LUCHA!