4th of July Blowout

The girls schucking corn for the BBQ

Casey, Lori, Mom, Laurieann, Verne & Dave "watching the kids swim"

Some of the rest of the clan enjoying the warm waters of Verne's solar heated pool-so nice!

The little ones lighting off fireworks with grandpa on the 5th

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Now it is the bigger kids turn

We are so glad to be back in the NW and invited to attend the annual May-Dyer-Foltz, and a hundred other people 4th of July festivities. We have been BBQing with the May's every fourth of July since I was in high school-swimming at their pool. So this year the fun started with a bbq at Dyers, walk down to the May's for a fun swim. Then over to the Foltz's yard for a fabulous fireworks show put on by Brandon and a few others. Everyone pitches in a few fireworks & Brandon rigs the whole show. Seriously it was like watching a professional show, even set to music courtesy of the FOltzes. We set up chairs, let the kids run around, visit with friends & have dessert while we watch the show. The only drawback is that Dave doesn't really like loud noises ever since his few months in the desrert. I guess it reminds him of the mortar attacks they used to get nearly nightly in Mosul. So he was pretty much white knuckling the chair, but was a very good sport. He loves his country so much so it is always special for him to celebrate the fourth. Hard to believe that us Dyer/May's have grown from 2 families with 9 kids 21 years ago to 10 families with 24 kids & still growing! Families are forever and so are good friends!