4th of July has been celebrated at Butler Manor in grand style for the last few years. Swimming, fantastic food, amazing fireworks, and great company. This shin-dig gets bigger every year!
Friends and Family is what it's all about.
Here's the 4th of July events...
Invite your sisterinlaw down for a weekend of fun in the sun
(a.k.a. work her like a dog and say thanks)
-work like a dog to get house clean, pool clean, yard clean and grill clean.
-break a board on the deck
-fix board
-umbrellas fall over
-fix umbrellas
-snake skins fall out of umbrellas and Im calm
-FROG leaps out of umbrella and I scream and run like a little girl
"GET.IT.OFF."
-Rest and get blood pressure down...high because of a stinking frog
-Taylor comes in kitchen...huge bangs go off...like a long string of firecrackers
(she dropped a box of snap pops...so not funny)
-grill 4 pork shoulders, 36 smoke sausages, 48 hot dogs, make cheese dip,
-run to town for a few things....in about .....one hundred trips
-all is done and the party is rockn
-cat beats up the visiting dog
-visiting dog runs around wild cause it got beat up
(killer cat - Pepper)
-brother in law holds baby over the railing....sil-dianne calls him Michael Jackson...rotflmbo
-watermellons
-swimming and eating are over and time for the fire works
-oh...lets not forget....SMOKE BOMBS
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-brotherinlaw sets up fireworks
-starts shooting
-mosquitoes come out of hiding
-people realize that they should have brought a CAN of OFF not the OFF CLIP.
-OFF CLIP DOES NOT WORK on Arkansas bred mosquitoes
-natural mosquito control (BATS) are not doing their job this year
-fire works fall over and shoot everywhere
-Tim runs to woods to put out fire
-kids run screaming they've been hit maybe
-brother in law moves fire works further from the house
-fireworks fall over again
-people run for cover
-people start to choke on mosquitoes
-everyone runs for their vehicles saying...."Thanks, we had a great time got to go"
-even the baby had a good time!
4th Butler Style...
Its how we roll!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
4th of July Butler Style
Posted by Kaye Butler at 1:38 PM
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2 comments:
whew, and that is why i love an iowa summer. winter, no. but summer here is well, safer. *smile*
I itch just thinkin about all those swarming mosquitoes!!!!
I do not know how I missed this post! But, OMGosh! Totally hilarious!!! I'd love to come to the Butler Manor for the 4th sometime!!! Just as a spectator! lol!!!
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