Saturday, July 31, 2021

“The Summer looks out from her brazen tower, Through the flashing bars of July.” – Francis Thompson

July 2
Chillin’ or asleep or the sun’s in Ella's eyes
Maybe all three
July 3
Lunch at Grandma’s Pancake House
with Kelly, Ella, Holly, and Knox 
(and also Neil who didn’t make the cut, sorry)

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021
Celebrating America’s birthday with family, food, fun, and fireworks
is a long-standing tradition in our backyard each year
Neil grills ribs, and everyone brings their specialty side dishes and desserts,
and we make homemade ice cream
Corn Hole competitions, water gun fights, sparklers, backyard fireworks, 
eating too much delicious food, a walk around the block, piling in trucks and cars
and racing down the street to find the best spot to view the local
fireworks show, getting caught in the traffic jam after the fireworks show,
more sparklers and backyard fireworks and eating ice cream and
packing up leftovers and to-go plates/bags/boxes and then
hugs and kisses and waving goodbyes, knowing, or not knowing,
we’ll do it all over again same time next year













































"Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
Benjamin Franklin


July 8
Neil and Knox hiked Burgess Falls




July 10
Waiting patiently for her mac and cheese
She hasn’t discovered the joy of chicken nuggets at Chick-fil-A yet
July 12
July 13
My niece Sarah celebrated her 26th birthday
July 16
Knox on his hoverboard 
The rest of us just walk
Helping Grandpa feed the birds
July 17
Ella lined up her Peppa Pig family and friends waiting for lunch
at Grandma’s Pancake House
I like extra crispy Peppa…I mean bacon
July 18
She’s the one who made us grandparents
And now Shelby is celebrating her 20th! birthday
Seems impossible but here we are
July 23
Another Friday, another walk

July 25
Awesome Granddaughters Shelby and Ella
The Grands
Knox, Shelby, Elijah, and Ella
July 28
Dinner and a movie sleepover night with Shelby and Elijah was fun
For lunch the next day, we were pleasantly surprised to find the
Steak n Shake dining room back open. Not only that, but also the restaurant
had revamped its whole look and operation. Everything is self-serve now.
Order and pay from a kiosk, fill your drink cup, find a seat and wait for your order number to
be called, just like every other fast food place. The whole experience was 
refreshingly streamlined and efficient. And the food was good, too.
Wonder who’s been taking selfies with my iPad and didn’t realize
the camera was not reversed and the iPad cover was half closed?
July 29
Dinner and a movie sleepover with Knox was also fun
He brought his blow-up bed and fell asleep watching something on his iPad
at around three a.m. We watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which 
is a fun and funny movie. Good times before school starts full time next week.
July 31
This year is slip slidin’ away


“In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.” ―Sarah Dessen

2 comments:

  1. It’s either 4th of July or Christmas!! Time flies!!! Fab photos!!!

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    1. I know!!
      I think you and Jane took most of the Fourth pics which I’m grateful for.

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