jason was on-call this year for the fourth of july weekend. it turned out fine, though. he was able to participate in all aspects of the weekend, and we really had an overall good time. saturday night we went to the little firework stand at haggen and the boys each got to spend $10. that much money doesn't go very far for fireworks anymore! i remember my grandpa taking me out to the res. when i was little and him haggling like a madman and us making away like bandits with $20 worth!!
all my boys went out to the cul-de-sac and within a few minutes some of the neighbor boys wanted to watch the "show". they were entertained, though and didn't seem to care that the biggest one was a tiny little fountain.
we didn't have enough sparklers for all the neighbor kids, so we took the boys out to the backyard to do them after bathtime.
"airplane traffic director jax"
"boomer potter"
sunday was the big show down by the bay. it's a tradition with our friends to go down to maritime heritage park to watch the show. that park offers a really good view without the traffic getting out aferward. we've been going there for something like 7 years. last year i started thinking about maybe wanting to gather up our crew and find a new venue. it seems like every year gets a little worse with the bums. but this year was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. long story short, there was a whole slew of drunk bums just across from us. we arrived around 7 and they were already loopy. the show started at 10, and in that time, we saw 2 people fall down (one stayed down), "chanting" in the bushes, a makeout session, 2 men swapping shirts, the girl from the bushes came out from the bushes and slapped a man in the face and started cussing at him, a gangbanger hiding his backpack in the bushes just behind us, and boomer found some unmarked pill capsules on the ground. needless to say, we are NOT going back next year!!!
the show was good and thankfully we were surrounded (on our side) by great friends. it only decided to sprinkle on us for the last 10 minutes or so. but luckily it was light and short-lived.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!
all my boys went out to the cul-de-sac and within a few minutes some of the neighbor boys wanted to watch the "show". they were entertained, though and didn't seem to care that the biggest one was a tiny little fountain.
we didn't have enough sparklers for all the neighbor kids, so we took the boys out to the backyard to do them after bathtime.
"airplane traffic director jax"
"boomer potter"
sunday was the big show down by the bay. it's a tradition with our friends to go down to maritime heritage park to watch the show. that park offers a really good view without the traffic getting out aferward. we've been going there for something like 7 years. last year i started thinking about maybe wanting to gather up our crew and find a new venue. it seems like every year gets a little worse with the bums. but this year was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. long story short, there was a whole slew of drunk bums just across from us. we arrived around 7 and they were already loopy. the show started at 10, and in that time, we saw 2 people fall down (one stayed down), "chanting" in the bushes, a makeout session, 2 men swapping shirts, the girl from the bushes came out from the bushes and slapped a man in the face and started cussing at him, a gangbanger hiding his backpack in the bushes just behind us, and boomer found some unmarked pill capsules on the ground. needless to say, we are NOT going back next year!!!
the show was good and thankfully we were surrounded (on our side) by great friends. it only decided to sprinkle on us for the last 10 minutes or so. but luckily it was light and short-lived.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!
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