July Fourth

Our July Fourth actually began the day before with a baseball game. We had been wanting to go see the Lexington Legends play for a few years now, but had never got around to it. Finally, last week, we decided to buy tickets and go see a game July third. I was mostly looking forward to it because there was going to be a big fireworks show after the game. I haven't been to see fireworks in years! We ended up with second row seats, which was pretty neat. The visiting team was warming up directly in front of us and came over to the stands and signed lots of autographs. Unfortunately, I hadn't even thought about bringing anything for signing. I also realized as the game began that I had forgotten just about everything I ever knew about scoring. It took a few innings and watching the scoreboard for it to come back to me. Things didn't really get exciting until it was dark enough for the stadium lights to come on. The crowd really got into it then. The Legends only needed two home-runs to win the game, so the cheering was pretty intense, but the other team wouldn't let them get a point and ended up winning. I didn't really mind, mostly because I thought the other team played better anyway. The best part was definitely the fireworks. It was such a great display -- stars, sparkles, rockets -- with patriotic music playing in the background. I tried (unsuccessfully) to get a good picture, but I was too busy watching them to focus the camera well. The only decent one I got is the one above and I promise they looked better than that! The next day, July Fourth, we were planning on grilling hamburgers. Daddy got them done just before it started pouring rain and storming. So the best celebration we had was the day before. We're planning on going back to a ballgame sometime this summer.