Happy 4th of July!

i just spent 4 great days in red lodge hanging out with family, visiting, and eating great food. my cousin travee, his wife malissa, and their daughter megan stayed with us at our cabin. my aunt kathleen spent much of the time with us (travees mom). we even ran into miles(another cousin) downtown one afternoon while we were shopping. he came to the cabin and had dinner with us too. that nite justy grilled tri tip with original coors. we had a salad with greens from my garden. strawberries and walnuts. a raspberry hazelnut dressing topped it off. i also made some sweet potato fries. kathleen brought fruit and made a fresh fruit salad. the tri tip was spectacular. justy got rave reviews. the platter the meat is on was a gift from travee and malissa. very thoughtful family i have!

we lit off plenty of fireworks....travee is a black cat nut. he had a bunch of them, lit them INSIDE the cabin, then threw them out the door onto the patio to scare the shit out of me and malissa (yes, justin was his accomplice). he nearly lost a finger! and he DID scare the shit out of us. i still cant hear all that well.

sunday nite we headed for bear creek saloon where they have great steaks and pig racing! we a had another great dinner with people we love. bet on a few pigs. didnt win. it was really a great time.

i am exhausted and happy as i blog tonite. greatful that i live in America. greatful for my wonderful family. and wishing you all time to grill and time to spend with your family and friends. there's still have plenty of summer left so get cookin'!!

~bon appetite~