4th of July

this is our 6th year, so I think it can safely be called tradition

maybe it's the simplicity of it that makes it so special,

but it is one of my favorites

 

we've become quite a crew

5 more grandkids/cousins have been added since we started

coffee, doughnuts, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents...

 

 

Mark sat down with an old man today and chatted 

as they watched the kids

I could hear echos of "youth is fleeting" in their conversation

I love this crew, and am grateful for the country that

they've been born into...

wish John, Summer, Isaiah, and Berlin lived closer