The Waddell Family: 4th of July Braai

On Sat. July 3rd we threw a 4th of July Braai. A braai is a BBQ/cook out. We invited everyone Pat worked with here in South Africa....which ended up being a lot of people. We also invited everyone's family as well of course. We got balloons (Isabel had to have them), party poppers, glow sticks, sparklers, etc all for the kids. For the adults, of course we had plenty of beer, wine, and margaritas (Pat's mom's recipe). We also had all the different meats....hamburgers, steaks and what they call boerewors (kind of like an American brat). Everyone else brought either a side dish, dessert or alcohol to share.

Other moms held Lillie almost the whole time! I loved it. It gave me a break and time to try and get Isabel to eat. I kept asking them if they wanted me to take her back and they kept saying no. I think it's because they both have 2 boys each....no girls. Above is Ashley holding Lillie and next to her is Kristie.

Here are all the boys....Curtis and Kristie have 2 boys, Stephanie and Doug have 2 boys and so does Ashley and Sam. Poor Isabel....no little girls for her to play with. But then again, she LOVES playing around with these boys. It's sooo funny.

Here I am on 4th of July in a fleece...it's so weird.

Above is our yard the day after the party.

Lillie says Happy 4th of JULY!!!!!!!!!

On the actual Independence day we broke out the sparklers and the American flag again!!

Isabel tried holding a sparkler. It was weird, they weren't even hot. I though they'd be hot. Anyways, sparklers are the closest thing would could get here to any kind of fireworks.