4 July

Happy Independence Day to all my American Friends!!!

It has been very cold here and so we were a little unsure of how this afternoon was going to go. We decided to take an easy afternoon and put all of our energy into the fests going on the base.

The previous years could have competed against some of the best state fairs I have been too...so, Cheyenne was very much looking forward to the rides and all the kid fun.

I asked my friends Claudia and Michael to come along, as this was going to be a really great fest with lots of food and drinks and entertainment...but unfortunately ...this was THE WORST 4 July celebration I have ever attended (and yes, that includes surpassing the suckiness in Lajes...not easy to do).

They only had bouncy castles for the kids and the line was an hour long - two years ago the fest had pony rides and proper carnival rides...all lit up, with all the rotten food vendors and noise. But not this year...fortunately, they at least had the face painters. After Cheyenne took her one turn through the bouncy maze thingy, she got her yearly face painting...and then some cupcakes.

Michael waited in a line for over an hour to get some fish and chips. As he hadn't moved at all in the line, he gave up. All that waiting for nothing. At least Claudia was bringing him beers while he waited. We were starting to get the munchies.

It was cold...we were unimpressed and decided to head home hours before any fireworks were ready to be set off.

Funny...Michael, Claudia and I were so hungry we decided to stop at Burger King (which had JUST closed [at 10pm]) and grab something to munch. Pretty sad...I DETEST the King and his burgers. But that is what we had to deal with, so we did what we had to do.

This is a 4th I will never forget.

To see all of our photos from the 4th, click here

Thanks to Deb who sent Trevor his very cool 4 July shirt...and thanks to Bev for buying everyone else the same shirt...it was fun to do and we got the great photo out of it. It's just too bad it was so cold...we all had to wear jackets and sweaters and no one got to see the Heinemann/Garbo clan all dressed alike...boo hoo. At least we got a really great family pic of us all!!