Our celebrations started early this year. Each year the OOHS band marches in the Orange Twp parade, as a rising freshman CJ marched in his first 4th of July parade. When we dropped he and a friend/fellow band member off at 9am it was already 89 degrees out. A hot start to CJ's marching band career!
Steve and I stopped to pick up breakfast and much needed coffee and then headed to the high school. After setting up our chairs and beach umbrella we settled in and waited for the band. It was quite a wait, but worth it.
They sounded great and there are so many of them!
After cold showers for all of us and a nap for me we had dinner and then headed out for fireworks. We loaded up the wagon with chairs, a cooler filled with really cold drinks and the beach umbrella (who knew the beach umbrella would come in so handy here in Columbus). While waiting for the sun we watched the progress of a storm off in the distance. Fortunately the folks in charge of setting off the fireworks were watching the storm too. At dusk, rather than dark, the fireworks started. They were sent off a little faster than normal, to beat the storm, which made the whole thing feel like a grand finale. With us this year, along with the Baxters, were our neighbors Ryan and Stephanie and their daughter Grace. This was Grace's first time seeing fireworks in person. Her giggles and excitement made the experience just that much better. Thanks neighbors for another night of great fun.
This is such a treat! I enjoyed the video. That's a seriously large band. Still can't quite "believe" he's in HS. Yesterday when I was looking through my journal from the incredibly hot summer of 99 there were lots of pics of him having a great time exploring everything at Issie's.
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