My original, huge 4th of July party was rained out. Just my luck, right? Oh well. Less time in the kitchen meant more time enjoying my company!
Here is Jeremiah with his Great Grandma *GIGI*.

Here is my slightly smaller-scale food spread on my mother-in-law's kitchen table. I've got chips and Pico De Gallo, cream-cheese stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalapeno thingies, twice-baked potatoes, my grandma's special recipe baked beans, star-spangled cupcakes, Utz's pretzels (we buy those because Devan thinks the name is so close to ours!), a Key Lime pie and a Chocolate Peanut Butter pie. There is still a ton of pie in my refrigerator, because I forgot to bring it back out after the picture.

Here is my pyrotechnic crew.
And here's our first pyrotechnic casualty - Devan's shirt. (By the end of the night, the shirt ended up in the trash).

And our second pyrotechnic casualty, Tony's thumb.
All in all, the party was great. Jeremiah went to bed a little too early to enjoy the fireworks, so we saved him a few and lit them last night. He enjoyed them, so I think next year we will put a little more effort into that part of the party.
To everyone who didn't come to the party, too bad for you guys, because we still had fun!
I hope you all had a good 4th. Next year, the party will be much bigger...we're roasting a hog, we've got a band, and we've got 10 people chipping in $100 apiece for fireworks. It's going to be a great party. The 3rd annual Youtzy 4th Of July Bash...not to be missed!