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
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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.