July 4th

We spent July 4th at home this year. We invited Ashley's fam over for a BBQ and Charlie & Alisha. We thought it was better to get pics of this cute family before we ate! Even that proved to be a bit tricky trying to get everyone to look the same direction at the same time etc.

But the effort was worth it. How cute are they. As you can see Benjy had to work though.

 All good Cooper gatherings revolve around food. Mendis smoked lots of meats and we contributed salads galore. And dessert. Must have dessert. This year was my July 4th Mini Trifles.

After our feast we headed over to Ashley's backyard. We head over there to watch the community fireworks and then we are conveniently located for the main event. Their neighbors put on a fireworks show that rivals any thing we've seen before except maybe the first year of the Smoke shop display.

And then the worst happened... Right in the middle of the extravaganza the cops showed up and shut him down. We don't know why but everyone was pretty disappointed!! Not sure what this means for the future of the neigborhood show.