Happy 4th of July

Five years ago, my parents and I started going to the Pops on the River at the Riverfront Amphitheater. Each year we learn something new, and we've got our designated spot (close to the funnel cake and corn dog stand). Usually, they have a jazz and swing band play before the symphony, but this year it was a folk group from Conway. No offence to the folk-lovers out there, but Happenstance sucked! And what's worse is that they played for 2 hours straight. In my humble opinion, if you are an opening band, you should not play original pieces. We wanted to hear Free Bird!

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra was very good, as always. Their hour ended with the firework extravaganza, which was amazing as always. It rained off and on that day, and we didn't know if the weather would hold out. As it turns out, the clouds cleared out and left a nice breeze and 70 degrees. It was the best weather yet!

The rest of the weekend, we worked outside pouring concrete for a metal building. Let me just say that we will NEVER ever do that again. It was way too much manual labor for us, but it was finished last night. The fence should be finished this week, and after that, I think we're through with the outside.

Guess who loves corn dogs?!? (I'm not a corn dog fan, but these were very good).