July 10 2004
This Independence day our firework/Chinese tradition was turned into a regular fiesta. Mike and Ray showed up with their kids as did Monica (Norm?), strangely enough without her husband who nobody has ever seen or heard. Jonathan and Jake had a good time running in circles and into the fine folks in front of us. We finally made him go say “sorry” to them and he actually sat down and apologized. I was shocked but I had to act like that I wasn’t surprised… Cari didn’t run off as expected. That was a surprise. On the 5th, I had the honor of constructing the annual sparkler ball of doom. Ahhh the glory. I added a nice touch this year of a crackling whip around the base that just gave it a slightly heart warming effect. All in all, I would say that it was a fairly successful holiday.
