Small Towns vs. Big Towns

On July 1st, one of David's co-workers and his wife, who we've become good friends with, invited us to a July 4th celebration. They live about 20min south of us in a very small town (same town where Bud and his team won the tournament I mentioned a few posts back). There were three churches that came together to put on the show. How great is that?



There were a lot of people there, more so than I thought would be. This picture doesn't do justice to the crowd of people.

I don't think I have ever been to anything like this, but we really enjoyed the people and the atmosphere. There was singing(gospel and patriotic), praying, honoring of our servicemen (past and present), laying of a wreath and of course, fireworks. They were also giving out (free!) bottled water and cookies. Now we all know that no big town would ever fit the bill for something like that. It was great and we really enjoyed ourselves....even the kids enjoyed it.

Our friends, Danny & Amy.











"I be makin' funny faces!"





We decided to get a spot up close to where the fireworks were going to be and so this is how Boogs enjoyed the show.





I think the thing I liked most about it was that there was true honoring of what July 4th means. It wasn't just about fireworks or the cookouts. It was truly thanking God for the blessings we have in this country and honoring our brave soldiers who have fought (my dad included-Vietnam) and who are currently fighting for our freedoms now. I hope we make this an annual part of our July 4th festivities!