JULY GETS BUSY AND HOT!!!

THE FOURTH OF JULY

HAD THE USUAL GROUP IN THE POOL,

MINUS THE VACATIONING

GRANDAUGHTERS THREE.

ALONG WITH A FEW NEW LITTLE ONES.

GABE AND ALANA STAYED OUT OF THE WATER

BUT SAM'S READY
TO JOIN THE REST IN THE POOL

DOESN'T HE LOOK LIKE
HE'S STRAIGHT OUT OF THE 60'S?
PEACE AND LOVE!

THIS GROUP LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
ENJOYING THEMSELVES,
AND THE SHADE.

DINNER WAS GREAT

AND SO WAS THE DESSERT!

 JUST LOOK AT THIS FLAG SMORE DANA MADE!

CHOCOLATE BARS ON THE BOTTOM,
THEN A LAYER OF
MARSHMALLOWS ROLLED IN COLORED SUGAR,
AND GRAM CRACKERS FOR DIPPING.
YUMMY!

 IT'S JUST NOT THE 4TH OF JULY
WITHOUT THE FIREWORKS.
LUCKILY WE PARTY IN ONE OF THE CITIES
WHERE THEY'RE LEGAL.

THIS YEARS FIREWORKS

WERE BETTER THAN EVER! 

SPARKLERS JUST AREN'T
WHAT THEY USE TO BE,

BUT THE KIDS SEEM TO HAVE FOUND
THEY'RE GREAT FOR
WRITING IN THE STREET.
MIKE, WHO GET'S TO
CLEAN THE STREET THE NEXT DAY,
WAS HOPING THE KIDS
WERE OUTGROWING THIS FUN.
NO SUCH LUCK MIKE!
EMILY MAY BE GETTING MARRIED SOON,
BUT SHE PROVED
YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD
FOR THIS KIND OF FUN. 

ELISE MAY BE IN COLLEGE,
BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T BE THE 4TH OF JULY
WITHOUT HER NAME IN THE STREET.

ELLE DECIDED IT LOOKED LIKE
SO MUCH FUN,
SHE WANTED HER NAME
IN THE STREET TOO.
IN FACT,
I THINK SHE'S CONVINCED
THAT'S WHAT SPARKLERS ARE FOR.
 GRANDMA DOLORES HELPED WITH HER NAME.

SORRY MIKE,
LOOKS LIKE THE YOUNGER GENERATION
IS JUST GETTING STARTED.

WE HADN'T MADE IT TO THE FAIR,
AND WITH IT SOON COMING TO AN END,
TODAY SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT DAY.
ASIDE FROM THE TEMPERATURE THAT IS!!!

IT WAS ONLY 100 DEGREES???
WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THERE.
AT THE FAIR THE TEMPERATURE SOON 
SKYROCKETED TO 105.
UGH!!!

WE FOUND SOME SHADE
AT THE HORSE RACES,
AND EVEN WON A FEW.

THAT'S MY HORSE OUT IN FRONT
WINNING THIS RACE.

WE ALL KNOW HOW TO PICK A HORSE,
THE COLOR OF THE HORSE IS IMPORTANT,
AS IS THE COLOR OF THE JOCKEY'S OUTFIT.
AND--IF ANYONE YOU KNOW
HAS A NAME THE SAME AS ONE OF THE HORSES,
THAT MEANS A SURE WIN.

WELL DARYL DOESN'T AGREE
WITH MY WAY OF CHOOSING A WINNING HORSE.
HE DIDN'T BET ON DORIAN
AND IT WON
PAYING $14.50!
BET HE WISHES HE
WOULD HAVE TAKEN MY ADVICE!