Happy Birthday America!

Jack was up early to walk down to the 6:00 AM flag ceremony at Bicentennial Park. Just after he went out the front door, the cannon went off. Lisa thought her dad had fallen on the deck and looked out the window to make sure he was okay!


At 7:00 AM we were at Plain City for "The Milk Run" - their 5K. Lisa, her friend Amber, Mike and Amberly all ran.
After the race, we went to the Kiwanis Breakfast at North Ogden Park.
We went to the Cherry Days Parade with Lisa and Amber and John and Ann and their family. Mmmm - parade candy!
Jack was a parade announcer again this year. When this float came by, he read from the script, "Snap Fitness - open 24/7 with mouth to mouth, er...a...month to month agreements."
Dad, Dena, Elaine and I went to hear Sounds of Time perform at North Ogden Park. Here's a clip of one of the songs they sang (this one was recorded a week before in Pleasant View).
Jack went out to Plain City's "Redneck Ruckus." Each team is two guys on 4-wheelers - one drives - one wears a helmet with a balloon on top and carries a noodle with PCV pipe in the center - teams chase each other around the track - whichever team gets their balloon popped or helmet knocked off is out! Redneck fun!
We went up to Dave and Julie's for a pool party.
We came back to the house and Jack had a little nap.
"Fire in the hole!" We went to Mike and Amy's for a cookout. Afterwards, Mike shot off his launcher (it shoots racquetballs 100+ feet in the air).
He called the game "Runsucke'."The kids (including Bryan) tried to catch the ball as it came down. It was hard!
The celebration ended with a bang! Jack and Dena and I went out to Fremont High School for fireworks with some of Bryan and Becky's kids and Mike and Amy's family.