4th of July Happenings

Well I had a fun day on the 4th. Woke up to the picture of me( taped on the oven) transposed into Mt. Rushmore by Lindsay Marie....very funny. It is posted here. I got lots of calls and emails that morning as well as a in person "shout out" from my good friends the Tooley's, who were visiting from Colorado. Thanks to all for remembering me.

We had sourdoughs with the family. Dana took the kids to the movies while Greg worked on fixing the computer.Lindsay, Regan, Chelsea and I went on a historic boat ride on the canal downtown by the James River and learned alot of old Virginia history. I fell asleep a few times....as you can see in the pics Lindsay took of me. Not that is wasn't fascinating...but it was sooooooooo hot and crowded in our boat. It would be a cool thing to do in the cool weather with a smaller crowd.

Later that day,we had a great cook out with all the trimmings (including Denton's chocolate orange cheesecake and Lindsay's layered patriotic jello bars) made by all the kids for my BD dinner.

I couldn't persuade the masses to watch "live fireworks" again this year. They are soooooooo old already. They think it is too hot and too boring and too big of a hassle. I had to make peace with it or join another family. So we watched 3 different celebrations on TV...which was the next best thing. I sure hope their kids get to see fireworks someday. I sat and went down memory lane of all the cool 4th of July's I have spent watching fireworks. I think NYC on TV was the best this year.

Another cool thing is Clayton got to go to the white house celebration this year. He has a roommate who got tickets. They were up close and could see President Bush pretty easy. I posted a few of the pics he sent from his IPhone.

All and all it was a fun day. We went to a party on the James River at a friends home on the 5th and continued the celebration. I am actually celebrating all week as I have some dinner and lunches to attend. That is one fun thing about being born on the 4th......you have to celebrate after because everyone is with their family or friends on the 4th. And I am ok with that....makes the fun live on and on for a while. I have appreciated all the gifts, calls, emails and cards. My peeps and family rock!