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 ...Twenty-six year anniversary, work at the office, Braves win... updates coming soon...

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 ... Going Home Barbie, dolls and so forth, writer's battle, new sheet, birds and sea monkeys, lettuce and tomatoes, Braves get crushed... updates coming soon...

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 ... taekwondo, Rincewind's return, new outdoor table, Summer Xtreme work at the office, Braves lose again, updates coming soon...

At the Minions

So you can see how our morning was going here with the Minion out there greeting!  It was the start of our series, "At the Movies!"  We had our small Minion out there, and she was very popular, posting with a lot of the kids and families.  Maddie took the usual group of good pictures this morning, and I'll share just a few here.

But that's not all she took pictures of - KP Discovery was wanting a few pictures too, so she went down there and had a great time taking pictures of kids in the rooms and in the auditorium.  I don't have those shared here, except this one above, but she took some great ones of the little ones, all of which are on the church site now.  

It was a sleepy sort of restful day - sort of.  There's a lot of work to do for KidPak.  We saw the Braves almost have an epic comeback, falling just one run short.  Exciting game, even with the disappointing ending.  

Maddie was at Nate's and they were celebrating a birthday with the family there.  Maddie was bowling again, and she does well.  Maybe not as well as some of the other family members, but certainly on the same level as Nate!

Mom and I were watching that really long movie "Hail Mary," which was actually pretty good.  By the time it was over though, I was ready for sleep.  Tired from last night.  Still, a decent day.  Maddie and I read from the latest Discworld book, and then we were saying our prayers - and getting some sleep.

Happy Semiquincentennial!

 

Fourth of July!  We were over at Nana and Ye-Ye's house this afternoon, there for a big feast with hot dogs, hamburgers, corn, salads, beans, watermelon, and of course that really awesome jello flag!

This time there was a blue layer at the bottom, so there was red, white and blue.  Oh, and speaking of which, here's our Statue of Liberty chia pet!

Nice day.  We caught the Braves game, and it was pretty epic with all the home runs the Braves scored.  Fun game to watch there.  Nate came over tonight and walked around the neighborhood with Maddie, the two of them checking out all the fireworks. 

We were watching fireworks at the Magic Kingdom, and the epic fireworks display at Washington DC.  Unbelievable display up there.  It was impossible to see all the fireworks displays and music today, so we'll be checking out other shows and locations throughout the week, seeing all the celebrations across the country.   

Those local fireworks went on until 1:30am or so though, and that was a big much.  And then the rain storm hit us - lots of heavy rain and thunder.  But it was a good day overall, a final chance to say "Happy Semiquincentennial!"

We said our prayers after reading, and then got to sleep... eventually.  It was pretty late/early in fact.  Tomorrow's going to be a sleepy sort of day of rest!

Penultimate to the Semiquincentennial

Them's fancy words in the title.

 

Anyway, we had a nice day today - Mom and I were at the office doing a bit of work, and as a nice reward we were using our gift card to Texas Roadhouse.  The place was packed, but we got our food very quickly and yeah, it was really good.  Mom and I love the Gainesville location.  The service is great, and the food is so good there.  Mom gets this six ounce steak - and Maddie gets that too now.  Maddie orders hers as well done, but Mom gets hers medium.  I order medium too, but today I got the steak salad there which was super good.  

Tonight we had a bit of patriotism going with a few viewings, one of them being the movie "National Treasure," which is such a classic.  Love that one!  The other thing we saw was the President's return to Mount Rushmore, which is so awesome during the Fourth of July weekend.  

Sure enough, there was a fireworks display afterwards, and it was even better this time than the last time I saw it - the lighting and music and arrangement of fireworks was spectacular.  That's one of those things I'd love to see in person.  As is, it's all virtual, including the virtual walk to Mount Rushmore on the treadmill lately.

Anyway, it was a quiet day.  No taekwondo tonight - holiday weekend.  The fireworks are popping out there quite a bit, getting things set up for the big night tomorrow night.  The weather is slightly threatening with random pop-up storms, but nothing serious enough I hope to douse anyone's lans.  

We read tonight, and we got to sleep pretty early.  We read tonight, and we said our prayers afterwards.  Tomorrow's the big day!