Independence Day

Your Mom and I went to JR and Amy's for the 4th of July. Joanne and Mamaw joined the gang. We had a GREAT barbecue for lunch and played Wii with everyone. What amazing technology growth we are experiencing in this age! I remember being excited about "Pong" which was an extremely basic game of a blip on the screen which was the "ball" and a line on either side of the screen that represented the paddles. You could move the "paddles" up and down to hit the ball when it came to your side of the screen. Now you can play games in virtual reality right in your living room!!!
We went to Marie Callendar's for dinner. We had a good time there except Jo didn't like the server. Seems that she was "rude". Problem is that Jo sets the bar pretty high on what a server should be with her own work in that role.
Back to JR & Amy's to watch a TON of fireworks they had purchased for the evening. Completely enjoyable time by all. JR did a "finale" with four large cans. Had to light them all at the same time, so I offered my help. We had some struggles with lighting apparatus that night. The lighters in the Feldman household were less than helpful and so JR was left with matches. Those didn't work to well either in the 15-20 mph wind. So he and I are trying to light four of these things at the same time. We each had two. He lit one of his and then one of mine. Then he went back to lighting his second while my first burned farther and farther down the wick. He lit his second and put both down and so all that was left was the one in my hand that was due to go off any second and the other that remained unlit. I uttered my first words as, "SON!" to which he started laughing, making it even more difficult to light my remaining can so I could set them both down. We finally got them lit and my first one went off AS I WAS SETTING IT DOWN!!! I saw my life flash before me but everyone else thought it was the funniest part of the evening. Hurrumph!