HAPPY 4TH of JULY!

a quick post...

hope everyone has a fantastic 4th of july....celebrating with family and friends, having good BBQ food, and seeing spectacular fireworks...but dont forget what we are "celebrating"

this little ditty is from wikipedia....
The day the Declaration of Independence was first adopted by the Continental Congress.
In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Congress approved the wording of the Declaration on July 4 and then sent it to the printer. Whether John Hancock, as the elected President of the Second Continental Congress, or anyone else signed the document that day is unknown, because that document has been lost — presumably destroyed in the printing process.[1] Hancock's name and that of a witness do appear on the typeset broadside that was published within a few days. On August 2 in the following month, an engrossed document in script form[2] was signed by Hancock and other delegates.
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, baseball games, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States, but is often also viewed as simply a summer festival, apart from its patriotic overtones.

i will be at work.....so no family fun, fantastic food, or spectacular fireworks for me...a few pics from past 4th of july's...

me and matt...when he was trying to talk me into him growing his hair out! check out those curls!
fireworks over the mississippi river(i have no idea how to rotate this picture, when i uploaded it, it was right and blogger turned it:-(
more fireworks over the mississippi river
oooooooo, aaahhhhhhhh....i can hear the crowd now!
and one last pic...when i was at my sisters house last week, we were sitting in her room looking at the hummingbird feeder i got her for her birthday and she says..."ive never seen a hummming bird at the feeder". not 5 minutes later....guess what! we had a guest! my sisters jaw dropped! now, when she is feeding bryn, she watches the feeder and is amazed at how many birds come, and how often! she snapped this picture july2....