Some of our friends had planned a big celebration at their house for the Fourth, but with the water issues here (see the last blog entry), they had to cancel. They have 5 kids, and there were about 35 or so people expected – too much for a non-functioning bathroom.

Since we still had a trickle, and could flush about every fifteen minutes, we invited them and another family over for a little cookout in the front yard. Below are some pictures of the festivities.

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Diane had prepared some Whoopie pies and some baked beans for the occasion.

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We moved our dining room table outside, and pushed some of the other furniture back to make more room.

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The charcoal here isn’t quite the same, but it did the job.

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Brian is from

Maine also, and we both chose to celebrate the Fourth with our Red Sox shirts.

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All we had for fireworks was a Tiki torch.