We were invited to my sweet niece’s new home for the 4th. Just being with my sister and her family is always a reason to celebrate for me. They are all so dear and such an important part of my life!
On Sunday, July 5th, I decided to bring out my red, white, and blue for a small celebration with “my family”. Of course, we had another reason to celebrate, looking forward to watching our USA women’s soccer team playing in the final game later that evening.
I set a small table on our back porch with a few special colorful, holiday items.
The utensil bags were easy to put together using a cut off small brown bag and adding a band of star paper and a glitter star.
I love the red and white dotted ice cream cups which were perfect for our dessert, Greater’s chocolate chip ice cream. Greater’s is a famous ice cream shop in our Cincinnati area, and now famous across the country.
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Greater’s is also a candy maker and uses the broken chocolate pieces for the “chips” in their ice cream selections. Some of the “chips” are small candy bars!
If any of you ever visit the Cincinnati area, stop for some ice cream at Greater’s. They not only offer chocolate chip, but also chocolate-chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip, and the cherry cordial chip is one of the most popular.
I brought out the beverage tub I recycled last year at this time, and tried a Martha Stewart idea, filling balloons with water and freezing, using to surround the drinks.
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It worked great. They froze hard and did not break! I like the idea that you can choose any color of balloons for the occasion.
Our day was fun, peaceful, and most of all, “my family”…… me, my husband, and our son, were together for another 4th and 5th of July!
The day ended with our USA women’s soccer team winning! What joy!
Love and joy to all!
Happy summer!