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...SOUNDS LIKE GREAT FUN! (...and i hear what you're saying about the canadians...not all...but enough)

...I'm baking a raspberry-blackberry pie and a peach cobbler (with vanilla ice-cream), and making an unusual presentation of a raw vegetable platter (jicama spears, par-boiled and chilled asparagus, red bell pepper spears, more...dip will be in a huge hollowed out red cabbage placed in center) with dip which i'll be taking over to my sister's for a cookout, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, potato salad, watermelon, baked beans, deviled eggs...all the traditional foods...

...BIG family gathering and a low-key display of fireworks since the children are small. Uncle Chuck will be doing magic tricks as usual, the little ones will perform their talents (sooooo adorable they are), family baseball for those so inclined (i can catch and i'm not bad with a bat but i can't throw a ball for the life of me...i'll still get out there if they'll have me though...tennis is more my style...give be a racquet in the outfield and i'll nail every one)

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