Fourth of July Weekend

Our Fourth of July was pretty quiet and calm. 

 On Friday we celebrated with our friend Roy, his 95th birthday!  Quite an accomplishment.

On Saturday, we were invited to Austin lake to visit with my husband's family.  

His brother and his wife and their kids, live there and we usually get together over the holiday.  

This year, Andy, my husband's brother, called him and asked him if he would like to fly from Jackson to Kalamazoo with him in the airplane he had built. 

 My husband is a pilot and jumped at the chance to not only fly but fly with his little brother. 

 My husband is the oldest of the 7 kids and Andy is the youngest.  

This is the little plane that Andy built.

His sister Julie rode with us and she took a turn sitting in the cock pit, Hi Julie!

Here is my hubby in the white shirt and his brother in the pilot seat.

Here they are taking off!  I drove with Julie and my son the rest of the way to Kalamazoo.

 We made it to Austin lake and several of the brothers and sisters were there.  

We were missing 2 families.

We had such a lovely time!  My son set off some fireworks but Mother Nature had plans of her own!

I hope that if you are an American you celebrated our Independence day. 

 Freedom is especially dear, knowing so many gave their lives for us to have the freedoms we enjoy.

God Bless America!

~XOP~

Happy Fourth of July (a little late)

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. 

 We went to Austin Lake to celebrate with my husbands gigantic family! 

 There was a lot of good food, good conversation and even a boat ride with my sweet husband.  

I think it may be one of the only times I have been out on our boat with him. 

 Maybe once before.  Mostly he uses it for fishing.  

That's our boat in the foreground.

I even managed to snap a photo of my nephew with his incredibly adorable daughter,

 and my son with our dog, Abbey.

 Here is a view looking back toward the house

I managed to capture Abbey on the dock.  I was going out to get on the boat, and she waned to ride.

This shows some of the fam relaxing.  It's a fun group!

All in all a very relaxing day spent with family.  How did you spend your holiday?

~XOP~