'Tis So Sweet: Fourth of July

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Happy Fourth of July from Corinth, MS! I saw on Kelly's Korner where she was posting about this mannequin in a window of someone's home in her hometown. The residents change the outfits according to the season or weather. Well, we have our very own quirky icon here in this small town too! The Shiloh Road gorilla was decked out for the Fourth!

What did the Smiths do for the Fourth? Well, we headed over to the "Yaya Pool!" Ha! Yaya Sherra was out of town, and we decided since the pool is part Yaya property, we would take it over! Ha! Thanks, Yaya Sherra for sharing! We had a ball!

Teri, me, Kristin, and Mama

Teri and Jordan joined us again. What can I say? We're all family anyway! The girls spent most of the day sunning while the boys played. And, when I say "play," I mean PLAY! Mama and Teri were assuming they would leisurely float around in the pool in their fancy little floats. WRONG! Just look at these faces below and tell me they look innocent...

Russ, Jordan, and Lee

Absolutely NOT! Ha! It wasn't long until Russ, Lee, and Jordan had jumped, cannon balled, can openered, and splashed around until Teri and Mama were both soaking wet. So much for that leisure sun! Ha! Daddy must have felt a little left out, because he jumped in to play too!

Daddy and Mama

In case you still don't understand what I mean when I say that we had a great time watching the boys play...I'll show you exactly what I mean. The guys spent the entire day at the pool playing made up pool games.

Russ, Lee, and Daddy

For example, this game lasted a while. They took turns jumping off the diving board while shooting the ball. The goal was to get the ball into the floats. Each float had a different point value. I don't know the details, but they had a ball!

Russ and Daddy

Next, this game. One team member held the net while the other jumped off the diving board shooting the ball. The goal was to catch the ball with the net. You just never know!

Russ and me

We are thankful to have such fun friends and family to spend our holidays with! As we sat around the pool, we started concocting a plan for the night. What we came up with was pizza and ribs with all the sides. We couldn't agree, so we just did it all! Ha! After supper...a movie! In the back yard! Call it a drive-in movie, if you will. Toy Story 2!

The guys set up the big screen and hooked up the cords...

...while the girls sat and watched!

The Tulls

The Johnsons

Mama plugged in the lights and lit candles in the trees from the wedding for our viewing pleasure! It was a perfect night for a movie.

The Gurleys joined us again, and we all feasted on pizza, ribs, baked beans, slaw, cantaloupe, and corn on the cob. Delish! Mama also fixed homemade ice cream! A lovely summer night!

Russ with his ice cream

After supper and ice cream, we all settled in outside to watch the movie. Mama came out in her apron yelling, "Popcorn! Peanuts!" Lawsy! This family cracks me up!

Our neighbors on all sides began shooting fireworks. You see, we always have major fireworks on holidays. However, Dustin wasn't in town this time. So, Daddy ran to the garage and grabbed a box of leftovers from years past. Jordan, Lee, Russ, and Daddy began shooting bottle rockets. Throwing them around. Hiding them under people's chairs. Setting them off by our feet unsuspectingly. Basically, just acting like a bunch of teenage boys!