Wednesday, July 9, 2008

4th of July Aftermath Party

So, what do you do after July 4th once the fireworks have ended? Why, you attend a "July 4th Aftermath Volleyball/BBQ party" on July 5th!! That way, you can get in your last playing before the 3 day weekend is totally over and you have to go back to work the following Monday.

The party was at Liberty Park and included friends galore! Married, single, dating, short guys and meeting of total strangers! And I'm happy to say, there was no rioting or police interference.

Callie and Kelly manned the grills and helped keep chaos for those bbqing bratwurst, cheese dogs and hamburgers. Oh, and a few hundred skewers!! Everybody brought stuff to share resulting in a huge feast!!
















The evening was a little warm but once the sun started to set, volleyballing ensued. The rest of the group did some hanging out and chatting...it was a lovely evening as the sun set and the temperature became more pleasant - only to be shattered by the sprinklers coming on at 9:10pm. Everyone pitched in - amongst a few ack!s and crap!s - and everything was cleaned up in record time!

Top picture: Al and Plewe and short guy, Eli hanging out on the grass chatting up a storm! Man, that kid can chat it up!!! As you can see, I broke his concentration by taking his picture....

Bottom picture: Sarah, with wounded foot, and Kent taking a comfortable position to minimize foot swelling

2 comments:

plainoldsarah said...

that was a great aftermath party - and i love the photo of eli - too funny!

BatMom said...

I am going out on a limb by saying you'd better never let your own nephews know you call other children "short guys"!