Always family! But for us, July has become a month of increased family togetherness. This means food and talk and a hundred, okay up to 23, kids running around.

We celebrate our country’s birth with games, fireworks, and more food.

Jordan and Natalie for the Corn; Trevor is the man on the smoker.
Savannah made the rolls
Lexy made the salad;

And for most of the month, I will only write in small pockets of time when things are quiet, or I can sit in a corner (often in the middle of confusion) and ignore the present world and go to Regency England in my mind. The last novel in my Illusions series will inch along through the month of July, but I’ll enjoy my family.

I wish you a happy fourth of July! I hope you’re with people you love, in a comfortable place, with good food to eat.