It's official! My third favorite holiday is the Fourth of July! While nothing will ever be better than a day devoted to being grateful for the blessings in your life, being with family, and eating as much of the greatest meal of the year as you can stomach, or a day devoted to a rodent predicting the weather, the Fourth of July is pretty great!
I've come to this realization all thanks to friend Beth and company! I had a most enjoyable (and much needed) visit to Alton, Illinois to celebrate what I’ve come to realize is the third best day of the year (and of course to visit two of the most delightful people I know)! It was a weekend full of swimming, eating, drinking, chatting, and gunpowder!
Here are my top 5 memories from Four of July 2011:
1. Jumping into the pool off the deck steps while Vince worried about us breaking our ankles!
2. Shooting off fireworks (especially happiness . . . thanks Beth)!
3. Jumping out of the tree and swinging into the creek!
4. Floating in various types of water while chatting and sipping large adult beverages!
5. Target practice in the backyard!
Also, I very much enjoyed listening (almost exclusively) to this concert while I worked on the tan on my left arm on the way down to and back from Alton! Listen to it! You won’t regret it!
(Actually, this isn’t the exact one I listened to. This one is most delightful too, but I highly recommend downloading the 2009 version from NPR: Live Concerts from All Songs Considered on iTunes.)
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