~The Mitchell's~: Happy 4th!

Hope everyone had a great 4th! I know we certainly did. On the 2nd, Carol & Brandi brought Madison over to play with Natalee. They had a blast playing in Natalee's room & actually got a long quite well! They played on the swingset for a little while & jumped on the trampoline. When they left, they took Natalee with them. Since Natalee wasn't here, I made cupcakes & went to granny's to work on her outfit that I FINALLY got time to work on! That night, we ate fish at moms.

On the 3rd, we went to Stewart to church. They had a luncheon after church, so we stuck around for a while. After church, we went to the Mitchell's to visit for a while. Natalee checked on her sunflowers she had planted a couple weeks before & got her building kit out. She loves going to Mamaw & Papaw Mitchell's & playing!

I was selected to host a Budweiser Backyard BBQ Bash from House Party. It was to be held July 2, 3, or 4. Since we had a big get together planned for the 4th at Andy & Kerry's, I decided to hold it then. I got a ton of free stuff to help me throw the party. It consisted of 24 huggies, 20 reuseable plastic cups, 3 frisbees, 3 t-shirts, Budweiser bbq sauce, tray, apron, beach ball & coupons & mail in rebates.

All the goodies to help have a great time!

The morning of the 4th, we were at the Tackett's around 9:30. I helped Kerry get things ready while the "men" (Terry, Callaway, Andy & Dustin) went to get another grill. Once everyone got there, we had so much fun! We went swimming, played water volleyball, the guys cooked, some played frisbee, some played bean bag toss, some played badminton. We even "launched" water balloons! Natalee & Madison actually took a nap around noon so they were rested up for the rest of the afternoon. They didn't get along so well this day!

WELCOME!

The Favors

Natalee & BB

Let's go swimming!

Chicken Fight!

Volleyball!

Around 3:00 or so, we dined on 5 racks of ribs, 6 drunk chickens, 20 chicken leg quarters, baked beans, 2 different potato salads & bread. Not to mention the chips & dips we had to snack on all day & the 2 strawberry pies, chocolate & vanilla homemade ice cream, cupcakes, apple pineapple salad, watermelon & cake! That was plenty of food for all 20 of us plus some!

mmmmmmmmmmmm..............

After eating, we enjoyed the outdoors some more..well until it started to rain anyways. It decided to storm right before dark, so we were unable to shoot fireworks, which everyone was looking forward to, but oh well!