Hope Everyone Had a Good 4th of July

Posted by Toolbox Dad on July 5, 2008

We hosted a Fourth of July party yesterday despite the crummy, rainy weather in Chester County, PA.  We had over both families and a few other friends. All in all it was a good time.  I was the Master Griller and spent the majority of the day standing in front of a 6 burner gas grill cooking up wings, burgers, dogs and corn.  The wings on the grill were a huge favorite! I used frozen wings for the first time and since they were frozen I couldn’t add sauce to them before cooking so i just poured on the sauce after grilling.  I used Stubb’s Moppin’ Sauce which was awesome! The sauce had a slight heat to it which was good for the company we had over, they are non-spicy/hot lovers.  I also made some apps, grilled stuffed jalapenos this year. Thankfully no one dove into them so I got to eat about 6 of them. Give them a try on my recipe blog, Two Tongues Up !

Our kids had a great time playing with their cousins and a few other friends’ children. We broke up the playdough in the kid’s playroom and really didn’t care what they did or if the playdough got smashed into the carpet. (We are getting new carpet in 4 more days).

After our family and friends left, one couple stayed for a few smaller fountain type fireworks. We bought 2 3-packs of fountains from the local grocery store. These were enough for the kids. We even set them off in a light drizzle around 8pm, it was still dusk, but the kids didn’t care. They wanted their fireworks.  The fountains lasted about a minute each and ended with some loud snapping sparks. That was enough to scary our little girl and make her cry.  It’s a good thing we didn’t go see the real ones at the township park!

Well I hope everyone enjoyed Independence Day as much as my family and I did!