July 4th Weekend

     Our little community where we live puts on a fairly big July 4th celebration.  This year was no exception.  We usually have the celebration on July 4th, but since it fell on Sunday this year we celebrated on July 3rd.  It always starts out with an all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast held at our church.  This year we had just moved into our newly constructed fellowship hall, so there was lots of room for everyone.  We then have a parade at 10am.  Sometimes we participate in the parade and sometimes we just watch.  This year we just watched at my parent's house.  Then we head over to the ball fields down the road where there's live music, food, and fun for the kids.  After that we go home and get ready for a party at our house to watch the fireworks.  From our house you can see the fireworks display really well, so we always have about 20-25 people over and make homemade ice cream and watch the fireworks.  This year we made peach, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream.  It was a great day and a super way to celebrate our Country's Birthday!

The Plate I made at the local Pottery Place!