Happy Birthday USA!

Happy Birthday United States of America!! It’s late afternoon and I just left a little get-together at some friends. It was fairly standard 4th of July barbecue with everyone bringing something, hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, beer, pop, watermelon, and so on.

I saw a beautiful display of red, white, and blue dipped in chocolate strawberries on Freshly Pressed (from Life Tastes Like Food). They looked so yummy that I followed the recipe and made some.

Since there were going to be a lot of teenagers there, I decided to make a fruit salad, within a watermelon basket. This also was fairly easy to make and was a big hit with the kids.

Here is what the kids were up to!  After they got a little chilly in the pool, they could retreat to the hot tub to warm up a bit.  What a life — playing cards in the hot tub!

I am delaying my weekend goals progress report as I am exhausted and going to bed early.

Enjoy the fireworks!!