Happy 4th!
It was a good day today. I was a bit worried about how things would pan out, but the rain ended early in the morning and we had a good sunny day. A bit humid, but not too bad. We got a picnic table which I assembled this morning. We also got some really nice tiki torches and really spruced up the back yard for evening events.
I spent the entire evening last night getting the yard cleaned up, mowed, and trimmed for the 4th, I was scared the rain would hamper things, so I was glad when it didn’t rain any more.
We took the boys over to Towanda to see the parade over there. Quite an event for such a small town. Clayton freaks out over the firetruck horns. I’m not surprised. They’re pretty loud. I finally got him convinced that the trucks were past and that he could takes hands off his ears. No sooner did he do it, one of the Shriners honked is horn right in front of him. I guess my word is no longer gold (like it ever was).
Later in the day, Tonya’s cousin, Mathew, and his wife Kim stopped by from California. It was good to see them. Then our friends Korey and Dusty and their son Evan came over. We had a blast cooking out and playing with the boys.
Then Clayton and I went to the fireworks over at the ISU track. It was pretty cool. Not as varied as it has been in the past, but it sure beats the dinky fireworks we had in Havana. I glanced back and found that we were sitting in just the right place to see the fireworks reflect off the windows of Watterson Towers. It was spectacular. I’ll have to get some movie shots next year.
All in all… it was a very good day.