Celebrating the 4th of July

A few random thoughts about the holiday.

They do not celebrate the 4th of July in South America, which sounds logical. However, the company that I work an extra job for has a group of employees from South America. Therefore, I had to work the extra job today.

People and relationships are what matter in life.

I spent the afternoon with my wife and two kids, my parents, my in-laws, and an uncle at my cousin's house who is married to my wife's sister. Yes, the family tree does branch. It was great. My sister-in-law makes the best queso. My cousin is getting very good with the grill. "I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry" has some great one-liners.

The kids played in a small inflatable pool in the backyard. My son, 7, ran and dove in like a superhero while my daughter,2, stood in the water and laughed. It is a joy to watch your children having fun. The smiles and laughter are gifts from God. Water guns were introduced and this got the adults involved. I threw a ball to Cagney, my sister-in-law's Boston Terrier. She loves that ball, the Terrier, not my sister-in-law. I discovered that Cagney will jump into the pool and stick her head completely underwater in order to retrieve that ball. Over and over and over again. She has very high "ball drive".

Who did the eye make-up for Sara Evans? She performed in Chevy's Freedom over Texas celebration in Houston. It was "a little" overdone.

I took 288 north into work. The large fireworks show was going on downtown. Fireworks cause some people to act irrationally. Vehicle were lining both shoulders of the freeway. Families were out of their vehicles, some with lawn chairs, watching the fireworks. What happens when the intoxicated driver watching the same fireworks while driving veers off the road and hits the family watching the fireworks on the shoulder of the freeway? There has to be a better place from which to watch the fireworks. Some vehicles went so far as to stop in the left lane of the freeway to watch the fireworks. Unbelieveable.