July 4th celebration

This evening we celebrated the 4th with my brother Steve, his fiance Meghan & our neighbors here in the cul-du-sac. This is becoming a yearly tradition as this is the 3rd year we have spent this holiday with our neighbors.

Dave pulled out his grill into the driveway & did a great job cooking the hamburgers & the brats for everyone. We all brought a side-dish to share and ate until we couldn't possibly have another bite. I had brought a little taste of South Dakota to the party by grilling some chislic for all the neighbors to try since they hear Shane & I talk about this yummy dish quite often. Everyone that tried it agreed it was excellent and couldn't believe it was lamb that they were eating.

(will explain chislic in another post)

We all hung out in our lawn chairs talking the night away, enjoying our beverages and watching the kids shoot off their fireworks. Once it got dark, the men of the group let off the "adult" fireworks and we all enjoyed watching them act like little kids as they put on quite the show. It was a gorgeous evening with temps in the low 70's & we couldn't have asked for a nicer holiday night!