HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

July 4, 1776 is when the United States declared its independance from England. This started a terrible war which the USA later won. Every July 4, we celebrate our declaring ourselves a free and independant nation. We have dress in red, white, and blue (the colors of the USA flag), have cookouts, spend time with family and friends, and shoot fireworks at night. We celebrated the 4th of July at Vaughan Baptist Church, and afterwards went to a waterfront restaurant a few miles down the road on Lake Gaston. Sara and Ingrid loved watching the boats and eating outside on the deck. It was a beautiful day! For the evening, we went to a friend from our Care Group at Open Door Baptist Church, Drake. His family has a swimming pool and we played in the water, ate some home cooked food from India (Drake's dad is from India) and when it was dark, they shot off many beautiful fireworks and we enjoyed them very much. We got home around 10pm and the girls were tired and ready for bed! Plus, Daddy is off from work on Monday and we got to sleep late and have pancakes (Sara and Ingrid's favorite) for breakfast before heading off to another party with our Care Group at Anthony and Carla's house this afternoon. We are really enjoying this time of celebration together! Praise God for putting such a close and caring group of friends in our life! Here are pictures at Vaughan and also the lunch on the lake. We were so busy having fun at the pool we forgot to take pictures!