MENU PLANNING FOR THE 4th!

This next week we will be crazy busy since it is VBS!  I love VBS but must admit that I am not readily looking forward to the exhaustion that comes with being 3 months pregnant, wanting and needing naps daily, and being utterly exhausted and having to cook!  SO I am looking at menu planning for the next two weeks! 

This brings us to the 4th.  Most people use the 4^th of July as a time to get together with family and friends and have tons of fun, a bar-b-que, or even a party.  We normally keep it low key and just hang with family, our immediate family!  I was asking the kiddos what they wanted this year and all I have heard is that Daddy needs to make another brisket like he made for Father’ Day.  According to one son, specifically John Robert:

 

        “IF Daddy doesn’t make brisket for the 4^th, he won’t live to see the 5^th!”

 

 

OH MY SON!!!!!  I think brisket it is!  On a side note, I love that the children adore Robert’s cooking so much that they want his specialty items from the smoker and often!  Robert is so amazing at so many things; we are truly blessed to have him!

 
So far our 4^th of July Menu includes:

1 Brisket put on the smoker low and slow!

Cowboy Beans!  YUM-O!

Potato Salad

What we are debating on is:

Hot Slaw (homemade Cole Slaw with mustard and a secret ingredient!)

Something Sweet (oh I KNOW we will have something sweet, BUT here is the debate, one wants brownies, one wants cupcakes, one wants cookies, one wants ice cream, and one wants Strawberry Cobbler so that is the debate.)

So what is your family doing for the 4^th of July?