having a birthday on july 3rd is just plain fun. we started the festivities with the usual and customary flag cake (our thanks to ina garten).
the next evening, still in the celebratory mood, we headed over to miss angela and mr. gene's house for a cookout with both of our extended family and our brits. after eating an amazing potluck bbq dinner, we ventured out to see fireworks. the kids ran around the golf course completely lit up with glow sticks waiting for it to get dark enough. grandma graciously stayed back with ev and the dog, neither of them being too fond of the 4th.
a few days later, we set out on one of daddy's days off for a birthday outing. we give the kids the option of having a dinner out with just family or a party at home with friends. audge picked flying "w" ranch as her birthday excursion. it's what she fondly refers to as "cowboy dinner". picture tin plates and cups, baked beans and bbq, fiddles and viddles. there's a dinner show, complete with cowboys singing songs~patriotic, funny, or lonesome tales of being on the range. grandma and our neighbors, seth and kim and their kids, joined us for a night of western fun.
there's an old cowboy town on the property to wander about. one of the buildings is an actual cookbook library set up with stations to print from the books. i have a mental note to grab a coffee and head over there one afternoon. oh-i almost forgot. they serve up the best honey biscuits this side of the mississippi. i just hope they don't serve them in the library...
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