4th of July

We had a very quite holiday. Watched the parade on TV, cooked steaks on the grill, stayed in the air conditioned house. I guess at my age the most I do on most holidays now is think about that day in history, my history that is. I can remember going to neighborhood celebrations when I was around 10 and eating hotdogs and ice cream in little cups that had movie stars pictures inside the lid. Most of what I thought about this year was the fun times we had with getting the Contact Float ready for the parade and then being in the parade. When Toby & I were first married we use to have a picnic here at the house and we would all come here after the parade and wait to hear if we had won anything in the parade. Seems like we were often beat out by "Mothers of Twin". I spent sometime looking at old pictures. I use to be thinner in body and thicker in hair, now I am just the opposite. I noticed a lot of changes in all of us, but that is how it is suppose to be. Isn't it?

I hope I am attaching some pictures with this post (I'm still learning). My neighbor showed me somethings to do this afternoon, now if I can just remember them.

If the pictures are here you know the dog is our spoiled Mazie, and the other is our great-granddaughter Alyssa.

More later