4th of July

4th of July started early. We had gone to the drive-in movies the night before and didn't get home until after midnight. We had a great time though.

We had a flag raising ceremony and church then breakfast afterward.

After breakfast we headed to the children's parade downtown.

Graham was excited to pet the greyhound in the parade.

The only horse in the parade. Gretchen was more than a little bummed about that.

Graham so excited to get some candy.

In the evening we had a BBQ in the cul de sac with our neighbors. After we ate we did some fun fireworks.

Love the look on his face.

It's so fun when they finally enjoy the fireworks.

She is such a cutie.

After fireworks we headed to Central Park. That is where we had watched the fireworks about 5 years ago. We had our neighbors, the Dezzanis come with us. We got to the park and saw other people there and thought, more people have heard about this prime spot to watch the fireworks. When we got closer we realized that they were homeless people. We continued to walk by and one of guys came walking after us and said, " What are you scared of me little kids." Luckily one of the other homeless guys got in his face and told him those are little kids and some other stuff. We headed straight out of the park and to the parking lot just east of the park. The parents had all decided we would see if we could see the fireworks from there. A couple of fireworks were shot off and the courthouse was right in front of them. Our final decision, we headed to the courthouse to sit on the front lawn. What a perfect place. There were lots of other people there, but not to many. It was an eventful day and very memorable.