Random Pictures from the Fourth

Took small highways home from Indiana, taking pictures from the car window along the way.  Lazy, I know but still fun.  The boys got gigglier and gigglier.  We ate some junk and then stopped to get water and Owen and I got ice cream cones.  Perfect.  Somehow the three boys ended up trying to come up with ways  to swear at people using everyday foods.  Started with 'son of a biscuit' then 'son of a broccoli' and eventually 'son of a bratwurst.'  Owen finished triumphantly by yelling, 'go to hard candy."  I don't know WHY that amused us so much but it did.  Got home, collapsed pleasantly,  Ernie smeared aloe vera all over my sunburn and I tried to drink lots of water, per Jim's instructions.  Smoked some bison burgers for dinner and had corn salad.  While looking at recipes online I found Paula Deen's recipe for corn salad which starts with corn and red onion...o.k....but ended up with crushed chile cheese Fritos.  Ernie was amused for hours---kept asking me when I was going to add the Doritos to my corn. 

I was reading in bed when Leo dashed up to pull me downstairs as Ricky was shooting his fireworks and the neighborhood fireworks, which we'd thought weren't happening this year, started booming.  Sat with neighbors and oohed and ahhed....Dave passed out ice cream.  As soon as it was over Owen, Leo and I tumbled into bed.  Ernie wanted to 'stay up for a little while" which means I let him doze off as I knew he would do and then bellowed down the stairs an hour later.  Once he was upstairs I could happily fall asleep, sunburn, or no sunburn.

Happy Fourth of July all.