4th of July

We got back from the reunion just in time to celebrate the 4th of July. Since it was on a Sunday this year, we got to celebrate for 3 days- Sat, Sun, and Mon.

On Saturday, we held a spontaneous barbeque at our house with our good friends the Foxes and Sinemas. The kids played like crazy, including performing a play downstairs entitled, "Ghosts in the Graveyard". Pretty spooky. At dark, we went to our neighbors yard to watch the fireworks. They were pretty far away, but from our spot we could see the fireworks from at least three cities. It was really cool, and it took less than a minute to walk home afterward.

On Sunday we went to church wearing our red, white, and blue in honor of Independence Day.

On Monday, we got up early to go to the parade. Thanks to the Smiths for saving an awesome spot, we fully enjoyed the parade this year. With all the twirling, horn honking, hollering, and fun we could possibly muster. The funniest thing about the parade this year was when a mouse ran out into the middle of the road. A big truck went by, and we thought it was dead. But when the truck passed, out ran the mouse alive and well. We all cheered. There was a little gap, and a marching band was next. The flag holders and baton twirlers could see this mouse running towards them. They tried to keep a straight face, but one girl was petrified. The look on her face was hilarious. We were all laughing so hard as the mouse ran in between the all feet marching in the band, then ran towards safety on the other side of the street. You should have seen the people scatter, a big lady trying to swat it,  people picking up their blankets as the mouse ran under. This mouse caused quite a flurry of excitement. That's when we lost track, as more floats came by and we couldn't see, but I'm guessing it finally found grass and ran off to safety.

After the parade we went with family and friends to the Brick Oven for lunch. Yummy as always.