Celebrating With A Bang

After three years of celebrating our country's independence day in a foreign country, it was good to be back in the USA to celebrate the USA. And there is no better place to than to celebrate than at my parents'.

It's always good to enjoy the outdoors and walk though the pasture.

Of course we went downtown to check out the festivities and buy some fireworks.

When Daddy spins the merry-go-round it goes fast and they have to hang on for dear life!

Duane caught us walking through the car show and asked if we would pick the recipient for the Steve Hoard Memorial Award. We decided this was the car he would have liked best. One of the owners saw us looking at it and told us a little about the process of restoring it. A few days after the celebration, the owner texted Dad. He said thanks and explained how he put the plaque on a special shelf. After some shared conversation, it turns out that they were also interested in dune buggies, like Steve. The folks sent a picture of Steve in his buggy and they said they would print it out and place it on the shelf with their Steve Hoard Memorial Award.

We took a break from downtown to enjoy lunch time with family. Unfortunately I only took one picture of these people that I love so much. 

Zeke, Eli, Daisy, Stevie, Reika

But I did take pictures of the cows on our walk.

These ding dong cows start aggressively running toward Abe and I as we are walking through the pasture. They are only seeking treats, but they start stampeding towards us and their hooves are pounding the ground and it's scary! If we were to fall they could trample us. Plus there's a couple bulls in there, and I'm afraid they might think we are bothering their ladies and get angry with us.

We managed to escape this time.

We lit a few of our day fireworks before Randolph had their big show.

Brandi helped the kids light them.

We patiently waited on the church lawn for the big fireworks to start.

We ended the evening with our own little fireworks at home. It was great spending the weekend with family!

[June 30-July 2]