Best Day!

Independence Day is my most loved holiday.  The waving flags, patriotic music, food choices in Red, White and Blue, outdoor meals, parades, and of course the fireworks at the end of the day.  This year I added a bit of shopping to the score.  Thinking it might be fun to catch a matinee movie with little interest for Ol' Abner, I strolled over to my neighbors house to recruit a companion.  She had seen same flick the night before but invited me along on a quick run to the big Swedish Box to take advantage of a big July 4th sale.  Intrigued with the Scandinavian take on our independence, I agreed.  We found a huge crowd at the store where the ample parking is never totally full and had to grab what appeared to be the last empty parking place.  Who knew shopping was a major Fourth of July event?  Festive Signs with red, white and blue specials...and bath towels at 99 cents.  With her pool almost ready for action, neighbor needed those for sure.  We finished our shopping, enjoyed an burger, fries and shake.  Heavy lake bound traffic slowed our return home, but we were here in plenty of time for the afternoon fun.

I had missed the morning parade in our little town, but vowed not to let THAT happen again.  Dancing Girl and Guitar Man expected all three of their kids for the weekend, and we were anxious to see them.
Oldest Son entertained us with a "deer feeding" event, but I'll have to talk about that later. (too many photos for this post).  As they arrived at the lake memories of all our children when they were much younger at this very lake made us all a bit sentimental.

Youngest Son with wife and of course, the youngest grand

These kids are so hard to please.
Give them a lollipop+ride on the golf cart=All Smiles!

After a few refreshing summer beverages, burgers, and chips, we made our way to the park to await the fireworks display.  This was the first up close and personal fireworks show for some of the the little people.  A perfect vantage point was necessary.  We found it just across a little ravine from the stands set up for release of the sparks.

As the sun set over the hills




Anticipation
mounted among the little folks and the not so little folks.

A few sparklers across the campground

Sitting on blankets expecting the show to start any minute!

 It was worth the wait!