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In the U.S., this Friday is the Fourth of July holiday. For a change, it is even a 3-day weekend for most people. As much fun as 3-day weekends usually are, I suspect that July 4 is one holiday that is not going to be magically switched to the nearest available Monday. The date is too important.
There will be parades, and lots of people will have picnics. Then there are the fireworks. We’re supposed to be able to see the Seattle fireworks from the roof of our building, but we’ll see.
The gentlemen who gathered in Philadelphia 238 years ago had absolutely no idea that we’d still be celebrating the document that they signed all these years later. They were more afraid they’d all be hung for signing it.
Ben Franklin would have loved all the fireworks.
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My family and I celebrate with a picnic at the lake. 🙂
Happy 4th of July, everyone!
I’ll be going to my brother’s house for the weekend. My sister and her husband are also making the long drive up, as well. I just hope Tropical Storm Arthur doesn’t cause too many problems.
i don’t live in the US so it will be a normal weekend for me i do hope to have more time to read that i had lately though and perhaps if our football( soccer) team win its match on saturday there will be a lot of party ( and fireworks^^)
My brother and sister-in-law are coming to visit.
I have a quiet day planned. Picnic at home and fireworks on TV at night.
We celebrate not only the 4th of July by going to Old Mountain Field to watch the fireworks (which my younger son thought were for him when he was 3 since it’s his birthday!).
On the 4th, almost the whole town meets up at our park. There are a lot of games for the kids and the older people just sit around and talk while we wait for the fireworks to start. It’s a lot of fun… except for the bugs! The downside is that when the fireworks end everyone practically stampedes back to their cars! And mind you some of us park at least a mile away. Other than that it’s a really fun day in our county.
We will have a nice cookout and watch the fireworks from out patio.
July 4th I’ll be going to an Ice Cream social. that’s it.
We will have an extended family BBQ and fireworks.
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cuddling w/ the dog and trying to convince him it’s not the end of the world 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Probably read, watch DVDs and visit the pool if it’s not too crowded.
I’m going to go fishing with my dad! Probably have a cookout with the family. Other than that then it is going to be pretty relaxing. =)
Happy 4th of July!!!
A picnic with the entire family and a wonderful day together.
By having a BBQ
I’ll be spending time with family and being thankful to live in the good ol’ USA!
Thanks for the giveaway! I will watch fireworks. <3
A family cook out & a late night movie (: !
I don’t celebrate.
BBQ and watching the fireworks with my family!
Cookout with friends, ride 4 wheelers and watch the fireworks over the river 🙂
BBQ & foreworks.
Going over to my Uncle’s house to stuff my face full of grub!
We are watching our town’s parade and the fireworks.
Watching fireworks
WILL HAVE A COOKOUT. THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY!
Cookout and fireworks 🙂
By grilling brats and watching fireworks on the beach.
Pool party with friends and then family movie night 🙂
We will be celebrating with a family cookout followed by fireworks. Thank you for the giveaway!
BBQ
I’m hoping just to relax and watch the fireworks.
This weekend, I will be setting up at the flea market, selling books and videogames.
Sadly, working on the 4th (retail isn’t particularly patriotic), but family will visit over the weekend!
We usually have a bbq and then go to the fireworks!
I will celebrate the 4th by going to our local minor league baseball game complete with fireworks.
Doing fireworks with family 🙂
We are having a cookout at the lake and swimming with friends. Then back home for fireworks in town.
The Fireworks!!
We will be going camping.
getting together with family and watching the fireworks
I will working and reading in my free time. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am driving to chicago for a friends graduation party…So I won’t be able to celebrate this year…I hope she has some sparklers at the party 🙂
I’m celebrating with a BBQ and fireworks!
I live in the US, but my family doesn’t really do much to celebrate, since we have two birthdays, one on the 3rd (oh hey, that’s today!) and one on the 7th. We hardly have any time to plan a third party.
I’ll spend the holiday weekend chilling and grilling with my family … and trying to catch up on some reading!
we are cooking out with a friend 😀 and lots of reading!! thank you
We will have a picnic with our relatives over at their house and shoot off fireworks.
I always celebrate the 4th at a relative’s house. We hold a large BBQ — good food, good music, and good people 🙂
We’re going to sit out in the back yard and watch the fireworks.
Hopefully going to the local festival today and going to Ruby Tuesday! Thank you for the giveaway and happy 4th of July!
Just watching some episodes of How I Met Your Mother on television.
I am going to enjoy time with the family and have a cookout. Then we usually go and watch fireworks and thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂
Right now, I’m celebrating by entering giveaways in this hop. 🙂
We had hot dogs and chili and then we went swimming, now Im getting ready to go watch fireworks tonight.
The fourth of July will be spent eating, drinking, and being merry with boyfriend and family.
I’m heading off to my brother’s house in a few minutes for dinner & fireworks.
Spending time with family.
With family.
We’re having a family barbecue since it is also my dad’s birthday. Then we’ll be enjoying the fireworks of course!
We will be going to a BBQ and watching fireworks.
Just relaxing around the house reading.
My husband had foot surgery so we will be laying low but I did buy him some sparklers.
Go over my friends house and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer
We went outside, ordered pizza for everyone, lit fireworks, and laid out on the trampoline until dark watching the fireworks.
I had a quiet 4th this year. Family either worked all evening or were out of town. So I read on the porch while watching neighbors play with fireworks.
I don’t celebrate.
I don’t really celebrate.
BBQ! My family loves to grill in the summer, and especially around the 4th 🙂
I worked so didn’t do much else.
I don;t celebrate.
I went to my sister’s on the 4th where we had a cookout. Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t celebrate. Have a work on that day.
I don’t I’m from canada but one day i will when I’m down there with my boyfriend(who is from USA) one year.
I went to a family BBQ and then we all went to a park to watch the fireworks.
We cooked at home and watched fireworks.
I hung out with my family and BBQ’ed and watched the fireworks from my lawn!
My family grilled burgers, enjoyed homemade ice cream, and let the kids play with sparklers.
Fireworks!
Thanks for the giveaway.
We celebrated the 4th of July with a picnic for family and friends and watched the fireworks at night. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Unfortunately I got into a car accident on the 3rd, so I spent the 4th on pretty much on the couch since I hurt my back. I hope everyone else had a great one!
Having a nice dinner and then watching the local fireworks show.
I had a barbecue and I watched fireworks with my family 😀
We watched Monument’s Men and the fireworks. =)
I had to work the July 4th weekend 🙁
Had a cookout with my family.
We don’t celebrate it here so it’s just like any other day! 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway,
We had a quiet weekend kids and grandchildren all came over the Sunday and we went to the pool and had a cookout was a lot of fun.
It is my anniversary weekend, so on Saturday night my husband and I went out for a very nice dinner and on Sunday we decided to go to Universal to check out the new Diagon Alley (which was FANTASTIC!). We didn’t even do anything for the fourth, it was raining.
I went to the beach with my hubby and we watched the fireworks over the water.
We spent some extra time with family.
I spent the weekend relaxing at home, reading, watching some movies and playing with the dogs.
We all get together and grill and play with the kids. We then go watch the fireworks.
I went to church camp and we had fireworks there!
We had a BBQ and hung out with the fam
My kids, grandkid’s and I, went to my dad’s and spent the day in his pool. We grazed all day long and then had way to much food at the cookout. After rolling us all someplace we could recover from our food induced coma, we went and watched the fireworks.
We had a wonderful weekend holiday! Family and hamburgers are a great combo. 🙂
At home reading a good book!
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I went to the beach to celebrate 😀
Had a barbecue and watched the neighborhood fireworks…
Don’t really do a lot for the holiday anymore. But I do like to watch fireworks on TV
We had a yummy family grill out and then saw the fireworks at the stadium.
I celebrated by going to a cookout and watching fireworks. 🙂
I watched the fireworks.
I celebrated the 4th twice. Where I live the fireworks are actually on the 3rd so I watched them with a group of friends on the room of their apartment building then grilled out with my family on the 4th 😀
We stayed home and watched tv.
I spent the 4th at home reading and the beach! Hope you had a good one 🙂
– meghann
We did not do much…. a little shopping and and a cook out
I spent the weekend at the festival.
Thank you so much for the giveaway! Fingers crossed. 🙂
We had a big family cookout and then fireworks! Thanks for the great giveaway!!
not up for crowds anymore, stayed home and watched the works on tv
I ended up celebrating by playing cards with my visiting brother and nephew.
I didn’t do anything but rest because I worked the night before.
We celebrated with family at a BBQ!!
We went to a picnic
Celebrating with a bbq and fireworks
Family cookout and then my mom and I went to watch the fireworks.
We shared food and fireworks with some of our neighbors 🙂
I’m not in the US so it wasn’t a holiday. I stayed up late reading.
Othe 4th, my family and I always get together for a block party. We BBQ and watch the fireworks.
I went to a local carnival and saw fireworks with the family. It was wonderful! 🙂
We went to my mother in laws house with 40-50 other people and have a huge cook out and fireworks. Thank you
I spent it with family
The hubs and I went out to eat and to a movie. It’s become a little bit of a tradition for us.
I’ll spend the holiday weekend chilling and grilling with my family … and trying to catch up on some reading!
I will be Reading and Keeping the Cat’s from going crazy when thay hear the Fireworks
Hi there, we do fireworks, and food, that simple!! thanks for the giveaway
Watching fireworks with my friends and family.
I spent it with my mom down by the lake with fireworks!
This 4th, I spent the day with my friends and family at two different BBQs. 🙂
We celebrated the Fourth with a barbecue and than watching the fireworks.
We had a BBQ with friends
We just have a nice, low-key weekend with lots of relaxing time and easy meals out on the patio.
For 4th of July I had a BBQ with my family and watched fireworks from my house. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂