Stellar Performance

Well we returned late last night from our annual Fourth of July blow up the sky event with the family.

As usual, it was a smash. You know, it is amazing how much one can buy on a limited budget. I focused on all the bargain nightworks instead of grabbing some of the bigger stuff. All in all, it was still pretty, though much shorter than our usual display.

See you can get the most bang for your buck.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Anyway, Mom contributed a good deal to the stash this year to help make the event the stellar performance it was. However, our numbers were much fewer this year.

Sometimes I hate it that the kids are all getting older. My nieces and nephews are gradually drifting away one by one. The oldest is living in Colorado and quite busy. One is away at school out-of-state. One lives out of town and has a girlfriend, so he decided to spend this year with her family. One is busy working in Arkansas.

Basically that left two kids - four if you count me and my sister. This resulted in the smaller stash, which resulted in the shorter time frame.

I guess that's probably a good thing, considering the Fourth was on a Saturday this year and we had to get up early for church in the morning.

But it was so neat. God joined in on the fireworks display and showed up all of us. Just to the south was a big storm system that moved slowly from the west to the east. All evening we had clear skies over us but a gorgeous lightning display just above the treetops. It was like God was saying, "Let's just see what I can do." So neat!

I guess you can say that the entire evening offered a stellar performance. Happy Birthday, United States of America!