July 4th Weekend

 With July4th this year, we were in town and decided to make use of Zachary's Summer Top Golf Pass - we took Blake B and headed over there Friday afternoon.  We were in Bay 218, this is important as this is the first and only time that Amy has done well at Top Golf - and it is because one of the yellow targets was in front of our bay, so she didn't have to hit it very far or in a different direction in order to hit the target and get double points!  Yahoo!  It was a fun family afternoon although it was hot and humid to be sure!

That evening we had a lovely time when we invited Shepherds over (Lyle's daughter) and the family.  Amy of course worked with Stacy and thoroughly enjoyed her so it is always nice to be able to catch up when they are in town.  Their kids are growing so big!

Won't be long before they catch up with Addison!

The next day the four of us (sans Zach) headed out to the beach with a new group led by the Phelps - it was fun to visit with them and to meet some new people!

One of the new folks that we met shared the "secret" to Apopka fireworks - park at the back and dash out during the firework finale.  We did just that, accompanied by the Cochrans, and when the finale started to go we sprinted back to the car and it worked like a charm - we made it home before the Cochrans even made it out of the park (although they did stay for the full finale and lingered a bit to chat).  The Apopka fireworks were nice, not overly crowded which was lovely.

We are grateful for the freedoms that we enjoy, and take largely for granted, in the United States.  Thanks for 250 years of granting people a second chance, freedom to live and worship!