Happy 4th of July from San Jose, CA

4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. I've always enjoyed the festivities that accompany the holiday. I grew up where there was always a lot going on for the 4th. It has DEFINITELY taken some adjusting not living where they go all out.
This year, we were all in San Jose. So Aunt Darlene and Aunt Ginger made up a whole program for the Crawford family to enjoy. Apparently, this is the way her family did it. Always nice to have a little change......

 

We had a watermelon eating contest.....

 

An Opening Ceremony....a flag ceremony.....the girls sang the Star Spangled Banner and I think Eli said the pledge?

 

The kids climbed up a pole and got a dollar bill that Grandpa Put at the top. Grandpa was probably poor after all those grand kids climbed up to get their own dollar!

 

My Personal Favorite to watch was the Pie eating contest. Darlene's family does this a lot I guess. You have to eat a pie as quickly as you can without touching the pie. They LOVED it! Yummy butterscotch pudding in a graham cracker crust. That is a flavor that the Crawfords go for. I never thought of buying butterscotch pudding until I came into the Crawford Family.

 

And then last but not least....they did a water balloon toss and just had so much fun. This is definitely like a small town...old fashioned 4th of July.

 

We missed our friends the Langlois, Fishers and Whitmarshes that night who invited us to go and watch the fireworks in Morgan Hill....but we had people in the neighborhood lighting up big fireworks, which made us feel like we had a pretty good celebration and didn't have to fight any crowds!!!!!