4th of July

Our family celebrated the whole Fourth of July weekend. First, on Thursday night, Lake Arlington had a fireworks show. We pulled up to an out-of-business gas station at Green Oaks and 303 to watch the fireworks. The show was okay, but here's a funny story to tell y'all about that happend while our family was waiting to watch the fireworks. We had forgotten to get lawn chairs to take to sit on while watching the show. So, we turned the backseat over in our van which mommy and I sat on, but daddy decided to take out one of the captains chairs in the van and just perch it on the ground, it was funny. When he did that, it made us think that we were rednecks! Next, on Friday, our family woke up and went to the Arlington Parade, which is one of the best parades around! We had a nice spot, but we were a little late. I got to see my friend from church, who is one of the Drum Majors in her high school band. We also got to see other floats that came by our area. Later that day, our friends Doug and Annette, my grandmother came over for dinner and to go see the GOOD fireworks in Fort Worth. I invited our youth minister, Wes, because his wife and kids were back in Tennessee where they are from. He came over, too. After eating and talking we left westbound to Fort Worth with two freezers of homeade ice cream which daddy had made. He had made a strawberry sherbert and a vanilla ice cream. We have gone to the same spot in years past behind the Fort Worth Credit Union, to watch the fireworks from Concerts in the Park, which is where the Fort Worth Symphony plays. The fireworks are always great, with a grand finale at the end. More friends met us there, and we just talked and ate together. Finally, on Saturday night, mommy, daddy and I went to our shopping center called the "Arlington Highlands" to see a fireworks show. The show was probably the least best of the three shows that we saw. The shopping center had a jazz band that was there playing. All in all, our fourth was good, just like all the other ones.