Fireworks on 4th of July

Video of Finale

  We met up with Jo & Megan at the park and got a great view of the fireworks show.

 

The crowds with the band playing “Getting in the Mood”

Wagon rides…waiting for the show to begin

   I like 4th of July and everything, but I guess I can’t see what firing Chinese-made fireworks has to do with Independence Day.  My cruel, practical mind thinks that If we’re doing anything, we’re just celebrating our dependence upon China by increasing our trade deficit.  Most of the time I can just save these thoughts for the rest of the year and have a good time with friends and family-and also remember our nation’s founders and their ideas of liberty.

 

Going home

7/4/11

Setting Up for An Interview

  The day after the CHEF Conference we had to film an interview for the Liberty & Property DVD I am working on with Mr. Ford. Doug Phillips was already in town so he came over and interviewed Mr. Ford.  My brothers were a big help with helping to setup the lights and controlling the cameras.

   Last week we went back and filmed some more footage with Mr. Ford.  It was a very long day for both he and me and it was a 10 hour day of writing, filming under the hot lights and sequencing.

Four Wheeling Weekend

   On Friday and Saturday we camped out with my Aunt & Uncle in Bonne Terre, Missouri.  Apart from canoeing on the Big River and fishing, etc. the best part of the trip was being able to ride on the four wheelers and on the Polaris Razor-a kind of vehicle almost like a dune buggy.

  We all really had a fun time riding the trails as you can see in the video below.  When you were in the Razor you could fly across the field at over 50mph!

7 Jumps Dance

   I believe that the Seven Jumps dance is a children’s dance from Denmark.  (Correct me if I am wrong) This video is from the dance lesson on June 10, 2011 and it really got our hearts pumping .

Happy Independence Day!

     Last night we visited the Suerman family who we had met at the dancing lessons.  They had gotten a whole truck load of fireworks from last year and we really had a blast. 

    My favorite though is when they’d light up sawdust in a bucket and then throw it-it looks like a mushroom cloud from a bomb.

   Naturally, with me being the most cautious one with fire, I am the one who got burned…trying to light a sparkler.

  I’ve got a lot of things to post, but I’ll eventually add a video of our final fireworks show.

   Until I post again…Happy 4th of July!

Masked Bandit Gets Trapped

   We’ve been waking up in the morning to find the trash from the trashcans all over the yard.  Benjamin setup a trap outside near the trash cans to catch the culprit which was most likely a masked bandit.  This morning we (or actually Lydia) found this raccoon in the trap:

6/30/11

Benjamin Using the Tiller

   Benjamin’s been working outside in triple digit temperatures and swelteringly (wasn’t sure if it was a word either, but spell check accepted it) high humidity.

Thanks again to the Fords for letting us use their Mantis tiller-it’s working fantastically well.

Cars 2

    Last night we very spontaneously were able to get a couple of free tickets for the theatre so we watched Cars 2.  It’s a pretty action packed movie…they have cars in spy movies so why not put spy into Cars?

    However, we were disappointed for the very obvious and overbearing environmentalism of the film. Yes, the bad guys of the film were the head of an oil company and all of his henchmen. It was also interesting to see how in the film the World came together to show what alternative fuel could do.

   I guess the moral of the story was typical…be who you are no matter what and if other people have a problem with that they need to change.