Five Minute Friday ~ Visit

We'd ALL been waiting for this visit for a long time...

Left the frigid, frozen Michigan land.

Drove south ~ until the snow was gone ~

~ Mist replaced the snow... flat lands turned to mountains... and then became flat again...

Finally, we were there.

We visited and laughed while the pig roasted...

Snuck a few early tastes... and burned a few fingers and tongues, I believe!

Played games, watched games, worked puzzles, sat around a fire in a big barrel, ate good food, talked and laughed some more... That was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to good 'ole southern hangin' out together sorta fun!

And a few days later, as we drove away, realized that our visit had ended way too soon. Isn't that always the case when a visit is both savory and sweet?

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Head on over to Lisa-Jo's and join us for a five minute free write!

~ Dinner Followed by Fireworks ~

Seems a little strange to be finally posting our 4th of July photos... on the kids' first day of school.

6 returning to Calvary Baptist Academy...

1 starting at Calvary for the very first time...

1 at Messiah College, and having already survived his first day of work in the dining commons...

But that is now...

These photos are thinking back to a pretty cool then...

and how we spent the Fourth in Salt Lake City.

First, we checked into a hotel and after several days of camping... it felt like the lap of luxury - not to mention that we had kids in two rooms watching TV. You could pick your poison - Disney Channel or Animal Planet!

Then, we went to a restaurant.

Tim made the decision - insisting we go someplace he could get meat and potatoes... and McDonald's didn't qualify or count.

So we went to this sort of steak, buffet, salad bar resto place.

Large meals and fruity lemonades (and a few Sprites) were ordered by all. Our crew was tickled pink by the free refills and took full advantage of that policy. 

We, therefore, insisted that they also take full advantage of the bathrooms prior to hopping in the car to go and find the fireworks.

We were successful in finding them!

We had fun playing with the different settings on the camera... the fireworks setting was one of the favorites!

This was my favorite firework photo of the bunch ~ 

How about you?

Which one did you like, and if you care to share, why?