What a beautifully lazy, rainy day. I took the day off from work.. took only a few calls. and basically did absolutely nothing all day. Mid morning newlyweds Scott and Mary came over with their new puppy Rilo.. It was great seeing them.. they head out to California this weekend… we wanted to see them befor ethey left..

.. and I had to adjust Scott’s claws. i’d fit them to my hands which are evidently much smaller than Scott’s. It took only a few minutes now that I have a rosebud tip for my torch..

I lazed around the rest of the day.. it was raining outside.. s I did a little fun computer hacking, a little reading, a little napping . I couldn’t have done any less.. and it was great..

Areound 5:30 we (diane, gabe, will avery and I ) piled in the car and headed to Burlington for thir fireworks. The rain miraculously stopped at 6 and it tunred in to a cool clear evening. There was a ton of stuff hapening down at the woterfront including these afro-carribe drummers.

The croawd was dancing through a circle of folkks.. Kevin .. of course.. had to try..

We set up for a picnic and began the 2 hour wait for fireworks.

jen. Deb and we all all brought food..

We were joined by a growing group of kids..plus Hannah T , avid and their kids.

It was a beutiful eveing.. I just milled around while the girls talked..

I found this kid wearign a Sam shirt. we didn’t know each other.. but when I told him I was Sam’s dad he said ‘I’m sorry’.. I told him..I was so glad to see him wear the shirt !

Around 9:45 the fireworks began.. Max had just turned up after work. The first boom brought Sam so close to me. He loved fire and anything related.. I thought of him through the show.. .. which was really spectacular !

One freaky thing that happened is that Diane was holding baby Senyah, a bottle rocket from the crowd flew past Diane’s ear and almost hit the baby.I was leaning up against Diane and the the thing went right between us.We both stood up quickly to find it still smoldering between us. Wewere so freaked out.. as were Hannah and Dave.. they had to take thegirls away..

After the show , we all walked up t the car to give max his guitar. It was nice to all be together. max has to work tomorrow.. so we probably wont see him.. we promised to take him lots of pictures of the Richmond parade…

OK. that’s it for this evening. tomorrow’s the fourth. one of Sam’s favorite holidays. he’ll be much on our minds.. I’ll tell you how it goes… See you everyone.. tall to you later Sam
-me