July 4th 2012

We had our annual July 4th party this year. As it was a weekday and there was a chance of no fireworks(not  like i expected anybody to stay to watch it), I made a decision to have the party early in the day. Diana the super hostess came by to help me set up and brought super yummy home made ice cream. With her help, i managed to get most things ready at party start time, except guests arrival!! Oh well, it's July 4th!

All the food ready, where are the guests?

Anyways, we had quite a few people stop by for the party and even had a few fun games set up by my favorite game master Hish. It is amazing how much more fun the games were once we "improvised" it to make it more competitive. I'm just glad the kids weren't watching!

It was also fun to catch with friends that we saw often and the ones we didn't and caught up with the latest happenings over some grilled stuff and ice cream bar. Unfortunately, the group seem to lack creativity when it comes to ice cream toppings and most people pooh-pooh'ed at my cream corn and peanut topping!! hehe..

Only the Boulder-rites were brave enough to go out and enjoy the sun!

I figured i'd join them.. on the grass!!!

The city folks enjoy the sun on the deck and under the canopy!

The food..

Balloon tossing is more fun when you can steal someone else's!!!

What is Sapna doing???

Sponge kidnap attempt

Look at all these adults laughing like little kids!!!

Damith trying to whistle with mouth food of crackers

Alan's face!! 

Uyen decorating her ice cream

Alan and I

Catching up with friends

Anyways, after the kids had a good nap, we headed out to the green area behind our house to join a July 4th celebration put up my our local church. Turned out to be quite a cute little fair with bouncy castles, pony rides, petting zoo, tractor ride and all other kinds of fun stuff. We even got to ride in an old fashion fire truck!! What a treat!! 

Surprisingly, Cody wanted to ride the pony

Shashank got to ride the fire truck with me and Cody

Quite few people stayed till dinner and helped me finish up anything that was leftover! *phew*.. after a fun long day, they bid farewell. Mateo and Adam stayed back to watch the fireworks with us. We did our usual trek across to the Broomfield Commons and had quite a good firework display. The kids were finally at the age to know how to appreciate the fireworks and got quite excited! 

The kids enjoying the fireworks

As a big fan of fireworks, it was the perfect ending for a good July 4th!