4th of July (au Senegalese)

4th of the July went off beautifully this year. The weather was perfect, so we spent much of our time by the pool listening to Bob Marley and 80's mixes.

Since this is an American holiday, we took the liberty of kicking Herma out of the kitchen.

Scotty made the ever famous beer can chickens. Aren't they cute? Sitting there having a little headless conversation?

Crystal and the girls were on decoration detail, which started out good but later ended in some watery catastrophies.

Men, doing what men do best..."watch" the grill.

More decorations.

And finally, two beautiful chickens.

Due to the lighting/decoration failure (several hanging tea lights landing unexpectedly in the pool when their strand broke), we desided to eat indoors and not fight the mosquitos for our food (and bodies).

The candles burned on into the night (you can see two strands here, the others landed IN the pool). It was very romatic as Herma likes to say. No fireworks this year, but overall a great time spend with our Senegalese family.