Belated 4th of July post

My wife and I decided to host our neighbors for a BBQ on the 4th of July. We've live in our home for 2 and a half years and have had some extended conversations with most of them. But there is something special about sitting around a table and sharing a meal together that creates an intimacy you don't arrive at with conversations acros the fence. We didn't get the invites out until the day before so we were happy to have 2 of our 5 neighbors show up at Noon to partake in a meal together. We learned a lot about each other and hopefully established a close enough relationship that will grow over the years. We hope to do this more often.