We usually host a large party on the 4th of July. This year we had to cancel because of my ankle sprain, but we were still able to enjoy ourselves. We are really close with another family who have boys the same ages as ours. In fact, our two oldest have been best buddies since they were 6-months-old. We spent the day with them. The boys walked in our neighborhood parade complete with a vintage police car and a fire truck. The Mommies, well one worked out and one sat on her bottom waiting for the parade to arrive. Later in the day we regrouped and all but one Mommy went to enjoy our park festivities. When it became dark, we all gathered at our front porch to watch the fireworks. We're lucky they are so close and we can sit in chairs and see them from our front yard.
I did a layout about the neighborhood parade from last year. It's a mix of Creative Imaginations products, including Art Warehouse school, Helen Dardick Patriotic, the new Banana Leaf papers and the new Luminarte. It, also, uses the gorgeous white Celebrations flowers from Petaloo.
Creative Imaginations has their July Card sketch challenge up, as well. You can win a killer prize. I made this card for the 4th of July, but I think it would wonderful to get up jump on school starting and make a card for a teacher.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!
Lori
