Thursday, July 9, 2009

Fourth of July Celebration

We hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday. This was the first year in quite a while that we stayed in town for the 4th. We usually are with the Carlsons in North Carolina. However, we had a memorable time with delicious food. This is the "Wave the Flag" cake that I made for our family dinner.

We went downtown for the big celebration . . . very hot. . . lots of people . . . fun times! There was a wonderful concert by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and, of course, amazing fireworks. Thankfully it cooled off once the sun went down.

Several of our family members got to the park early and set up a tent. As a result, we had great seats! Here are Tony, Darla, and their friends Tim and Kim. Tina is on the ground with her electric fan which we passed around.

And then we had our photographer who didn't mind posing himself. He's very humble as you can tell!:)


Brian's mom and aunt had a wonderful time visiting and enjoying the music as well. What a treat to have so many family members together to enjoy the evening.