July 04, 2009

It's Independance Day!...

We held our second annual Westwood 4th of July Shin-Dig tonight for our family and farm friends...I made this American Flag Cake just for today's festivities...I was pleased and somewhat surprised at how well it was received! If you've been reading long, you know that the oven is NOT my friend....today, we made amends though....and created something super delicious together! This is definitely going to be an annual dish now, joining ranks with our faithful go-to entree' Sweet Onion Bubba Burgers...


...and what 4th of July event would be complete without a handsome manly-man manning the manly grill and cooking up some Sweet Onion Bubba Burgers???? I submit to you, NONE!

Needless to say brush is in great supply around these parts, so we took to lighting us a grand bon-fire to kick off the fun just before dusk...


....and the men sat on their manly chairs, staring at the manly fire, and talking about manly stuff...little Jessica obviously could not relate with all this manliness...poor thing looks bored as a door nail...

...but then the Fairy-Flies came out and it was girlie time! Those Fairy-Flies were no match for these two Fairy-Fly hunters...they captured them by the dozen, showing no mercy for their itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny Fairy-Fly pleas....
After the sun set down, and the dusk grew into dark, it was time to warm up the crowd with some sparklers...the kids were kind enough to share a few with this ole nag that will never be too old to Sparkle! Timeless entertainment....
..and finally, the big (and completely legal) show....whiz, pop, bang! It was a sight to see for sure!
...we all enjoyed the fireworks, and they didn't upset our animal friends at all! Win-Win!


Let Freedom Ring....
Leah

2 comments:

Rocky Mountain Yankee said...

I made the same cake for my 4th of July festivities! I love that Pioneer Woman, you just can't go wrong with any of her stuff!

John and Leah Roehl said...

It's a testament to the recipe when even I can pull it off! LOL...hope you enjoyed your as much as we did ours....To be completely honest, I actually screwed up the recipe and put 3 blocks of butter in instead of 2 1/4....I just can't do anythign right...it's against the grain of my being....haha....but I tell you what, it came out wonderful! I'll be making the change to the recipe officially for all future attempts!