The 4th of July this year was a little different than in years past. For instance, we didn't have any hay to cut or rake, or any cherries to pick. So we kinda had a lazy holiday. We still went to the Ward Breakfast and had a fun time. Mom and Dad were enlisted to cook again and I think that they are going to be helping next year as well. Dad got to use his giant stove griddle and was pretty happy with the results. The only thing was that we had big breakfast at 9 with fruit, pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, and tootsie rolls. Then we had the family BBQ at 2, so needless to say some of us were not very hungry when lunch rolled around.
It was a very nice day outside to have a BBQ
It was a very nice day outside to have a BBQ
But we did get together over at Grandpa's for a BBQ, and the Hospital was nice enough to let Grandpa come out for the party. I think that he was very happy to be there with both families, Grandma Melba's side of the family was there as well, so they would go back and forth visiting both parties. We stayed for a couple of hours and then went back home for about an hour, then it was into town to watch the fireworks. Dad wanted to try out the camera's night settings, and so he took about 200 pic's of the fireworks, give or take a few. I'm only going to post a few because most of them were blurry. But the ones that did turn out were pretty cool looking.
The fireworks this year were on the side of the river in the Hydroplane pits because the company that rents its barge out for the fireworks weren't sure it was sea-worthy. We were wondering how the show was going to be, and it was longer than it usually was. Another nice thing was that since the pits are closer to the bridge, most of the people moved farther down river. When we got to our usual spot on the Pasco side, it seemed like there was no one there, because they were all packed in like sardines down river.
On another note Heather wanted me to post pic's of her new dog that she got a couple of days before the 4th. She looks like a Jack Russel/Schnauzer, and her name is Luci. She is the whiniest dog that we have ever had, she follows Heather around all the time and if Heather is out of her sight, she whines until she finds her. Or she follows me around, but she is still funny and she plays with Heather the way Sadie plays with dad. She also sleeps with Heather on the bed and since she usually goes to bed before I do, whenever I come in the room she wants to play and starts barking and whining, which tends to wake Heather up, and then she gets to calm her dog back down. Fun times.