For the third straight year, we decided to celebrate Independence Day with Lucy and her family. Caroline brought the July 4th hat which was worn by Jane Lucy Ben Michael Caroline Ben, again and David She also brought this hat for Suzanne who do a mad hatter act and then a madder hatter or was she being Bartholomew Cubbins and working towards 500 hats?

The ingredients came out for gin and tonics and then Jane and Lucy and Jane posed with hat without hat then embracing then back-to-back

and side by side in what will someday be their modeling portfolios.

We fired up the grill and cleaned the grate until we got to a good temperature and so unpacked the food and put it on the grill while Michael and Benjamin tossed a ball, Jane and Lucy chilled on the deck and after another round of photos the food was done on the grill and ready for transportation into the house where the food looked quite good -- this was Michael's plate

After dinner, Lucy showed us how she could turn beer into milk and we all thanked Thomas Jefferson for the holiday.