Someone asked us last night what we usually do on the fourth of July…

It was fun to ponder that.

We really, really don’t have a usual.

We have spent one 4th in Washington DC (we think you were 4). Last year, we were in a rented home for the weekend on Chataqua Lake. One year, Daddy Jim and I were flying to Taiwan on the 4th. When you were 3, we have pictures of you on your Daddy’s shoulders and Marlie and her Daddy’s shoulders at the local fireworks.

Here are a few pictures from last night. We spent the 4th with our friends, Make and Jagen and their small ones, Juliana and Gabby… Oh! And you made a pie with blackberries you picked from our back yard… Have I told you lately that you are totally a rock star?!?!?!?

Facebook shared this Memory with me from 6 years ago…. precious: