The week before the 4th, we realized there are a lot of people from church and around that don't have family around to celebrate with. . .
So even though Jeremy was going to be working, we decided to invite everybody over.
53 people and a dog showed up.
They all brought delicious food, took care of games for kids, and grilled the meat.
It felt like family.
(Which is the next best thing to family.)
Somehow the Sister missionaries (Lundskog and Rudd) tipped over the whole hammock with their full plates of food. Had to take a pic to blackmail them.
Children ran amuck, playing baseball, riding plasma cars, blowing bubbles, etc.
The older boys hung out after playing basketball.
It makes me smile to see generations mix and love each other's company.
Charlie, Timo's scout leader, did the grillin'.
He did a great job, though it ended in fire and a hose.
More hammock fun with Mary Beth, Sarah, and Billie.
It's so good to see this thing used. Makes it all worth taking it apart in Vegas and setting it up again here.
Volleyball with the missionaries.
This is the record number of swimmers we've had in the pool at one time.
When it got dark, a bunch of us headed over to the middle school to watch the fireworks.
The fun part was watching Jaycie lead the kids in games, hearing the kid's call out to each other as they ran around, having Clifton find Taffy's shoes for me since I was holding a sleeping KD, and just hanging out after the fireworks were over.
It was neat to feel like family while missing them.
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