With the 4th of July come and gone, its time to recap! Our celebration was really on the 3rd of July with the parade in St. Marys followed up with the night time fireworks display. That was pretty fun. I didn't quite realize that there were going to be booths and vendors. It had a carnival like atmosphere. The parade was sponsored by the Kiwanas and seemed to contain more politicians than any thing. I must give credit to the gentleman in the picture though. I think that was one of the most creative campaigning get-ups that I've seen. Granted, I haven't seen many. Mostly just from the parade... Moving on. It was a pretty good parade. They were tossing out candy and beads and passing out leaflets and there was lots of waving. The parade featured a display of tractors and cars and motorcycles. Of course, interspersed in all of those were the politicians. But enough about politics. The carnivalness featured a lot of vendors selling hand made goodies. Cait wasn't able to find any bows for Savannah with a monogrammed "S" on it :(. I did give blood though. Got a free t-shirt that Cait promptly stole. Oh...and a carnival isn't complete without overpriced funnel cake and even more over priced lemonade. The lemonade wasn't the greatest, although it did make me want some Pronto Pup lemonade....mmmmmmm...Pronto Pup.
For the 4th, we went to the Jacksonville Zoo! That was a good time. We had a coupon for 1 free admission if you're in the military. So, we paid all of $13 for 3 people to get in. I'd call that a good deal. That took a good 5 hours that day. We visited all of the animals, petted the sting rays, rode the train, visited the minuscule 4th of July celebration area, and ate some overpriced food. All-in-all a good day. Savannah really had a good time and was excited to see all of the animals. It makes me want to add to the zoo we have at home. Mostly with the addition of some tropical birds and a leopard or two...
Because the 4th was on a Sunday, the government gave its employees the 5 off as a national holiday. That was a nice relaxing day. Except for the part of me mowing the lawn in the blistering heat. My lawn mower literally exploded the other day, and we were blessed to have meet some friends from church who were looking to get rid of their old mower. For $20 I got a Craftsman mower with a 4.5HP Briggs & Stratton engine. At first I was a little leery of buying a used mower (the exploded one was purchased for $40 at a flea market...) again, but it actually cuts better than the exploded one did. But after the lawn was done, time for a dip in the pool. And it felt wonderful. Savannah joined me pretty much right after I got in. She loves the pool.
The pile of ingredients you see above eventually turned into the picture on your right. Those are red white and blue mini cheesecakes. They were fun to make. The red and blue is velvet cake and the white is cheesecake. I know that Shawn enjoyed them at work the next day. So did some others. I made about 5 dozen cupcakes and took 3 to work. Of course I do love red velvet and cheesecake. And now that they've been combined together...mmmmm...delicious! I've been told that whenever the MOMs Club of Kingsland is doing a bake sale, I need to bake more delicious treats to sell. How many actually make it to the bake sale...we'll see how that work when the time comes. To wrap up, the 4th of July is not only a day to celebrate our freedom as a country but to remember the sacrifices given by those who have helped ensure that we remain free. A final picture:
- Brent
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