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We had a great 4th of July. We had a few friends over for a laid-back cookout. The guys manned the grill while the girls sat nearby and chatted. We had homemade lemonade (thanks, Richard!) and the weather was actually not too terribly hot. Olivia behaved herself even when her daddy did firecrackers in the backyard.

It’s such a good feeling to have friends in our home. I just love it.

One of our friends brought sparklers. They are my favorite firework. I was thrilled they brought them! In the picture of the girls, we all thought our sparklers were sparkling until about halfway through the picture. Then we tried to put our sparklers together to relight them all while taking the picture and clearly it didn’t work. In the picture with Gino, Richard and Olivia I know it looks like the guys were trying to catch her on fire–they weren’t.

After enjoying burgers outside and dessert inside, we sat around around the table and chatted (feeling quite 4th of July-ish with our blue/white tablecloth and red/white centerpiece–not to mention the red/white plaid plates and red/white polka-dotted napkins). Then, we walked over to the metro and went to the National Mall to view the fireworks display. We were on the west side of the capitol looking towards the Washington Monument. So, we were seeing the fireworks directly behind the monument. It was really breathtaking. We had what I think was the perfect view.

We had a great day!