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I hope you had a nice 4th of July. We had hot dogs, Bush's Grillin Beans, Doritos, Coke, and watermelon at home. We watched the fireworks from one of the South Gwinnett High School parking lots. The weather was perfect. As I get older, I find I am really appreciating good weather - low humidity and a gentle breeze!
My 4 year old son was very reserved through the whole thing. I thought he would be more excited about the fireworks, because we weren't able to see any last year. I guess it takes a lot to impress kids these days (?)...my 2-1/2 year old son started out watching the fireworks, but suddenly shrieked in fear by the time the 8th firework went up, and he leaped into my lap, hugged me tight, and closed his eyes. He thinks if he closes his eyes, scary stuff goes away. I covered his ears.
I've found some nice things for us to enjoy today about yesterday's 4th of July events:
A great blog post about appreciating being an American.
If you didn't get to go, here's GadgetGeek's photos of the car show.
Local real estate agent Jamie Parker has some nice photos of the Snellville event here. He says that one of the volunteers told him they had cooked over 8,000 hamburgers by 7:30 pm.
It was a huge turnout! I told Hubs that I hope this blog had a little something to do with that, and he chuckled. How DARE he scoff at my Snellville Blog Empire?!? So I just looked it up.
This post brought 740 hits, and this post brought 262 hits, meaning that 1,002 found this blog as a source of information for their Independence Day fun. I'm happy with 1,002.
When I showed Hubs the figures, he had the nerve to ask,
"...and how much money did that make you?"
I...eh...er....um...nothing.
Anybody want to tip me?
I would love it if the 1,002 people would return here and just post a comment about what they thought about the events!
The article I posted was tongue-in-cheek. I haven't been able to find any reports of housefires due to fireworks mishaps. Thanks for reading the blog, though.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am as Southern as the day is long - born here in Snellville (where "ev'rbody's somebody"). Graduated from Shiloh, UGA and have served in churches all around the area (and still attend Chestnut Grove).
And once I read your 4th menu, I knew for certain that you were from Snellville. Happy 4th! Enjoyed the blog.
Actually, I think Oscar Mayer hot dogs are Yankee food....lol!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting the blog! I like yours too.
My wife and I attended the celebration with my brother and his family who are from Snellville. Hats off to the volunteers who did the cooking and served the food. They worked VERY HARD. Here are some cool photos of the fireworks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chip_atl/sets/72157606010223374/
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