Celebrating Independence Day 2008

In my eyes it wouldn't be Independence Day without flying the American Flag.
As most of us know the 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 US States and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 Colonies. Nicknames for the flag include the stars and stripes, Old Glory, the American flag, and the star-spangled banner.
This Independence Day we celebrated by camping at G-Pa's farm. (as Malissa some times calls him)

We played washers. It is a fun game. You have either 2 or 4 players and you have to throw this "3 inch washer " to the opponentsboard and you get points for which every hole your washer goes in. ZERO points if you miss. Really fun to play.



G-Pa also made home-made ice cream. As you can see the little ones are enjoying the scrapings off the paddle. If you don't recognizecouple of the boys they are friends of our that came camping with us for the weekend.



And Uncle Denny Joe is getting his taste too.








Mmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!








And of course riding the 4-wheelers and dirt bikes.
Malissa on a path in the grove.








This is Zach doing his jumps. It is scary watching them do wheelies, bu they sure have fun.












R.J making some dust in the driveway.








All and all it was a wonderful weekend.
We ended the weekend of course with SPARKLERS!!!!!