{"id":249,"date":"2007-07-04T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2008-11-28T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:13:49","slug":"independence-day-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Fourth of July the residents of Sunnywood Estates gather for a parade.\u00a0 We supplied a large contingent of marchers: Donna and I, our son Gregory with his wife Beth and children Taylor and Quentin, and our friends Angie, Darrell, Chris, and Mary Anne.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1010\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1010\" title=\"parade_4\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/parade_4.jpg\" alt=\"Paul, Beth, Quentin, Donna, Gregory, Schatzi, Taylor\" width=\"400\" height=\"339\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul, Beth, Quentin, Donna, Gregory, Schatzi, Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not all the Woodfords were here.\u00a0 Polly was able to come down for the weekend, but had to get back to Phoenix to work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1011\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1011\" title=\"parade_1\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/parade_1.jpg\" alt=\"Schatzi, Taylor, Quentin, Angie\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schatzi, Taylor, Quentin, Angie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gregory decorated Quentin&#8217;s bike last night.\u00a0 All reports were that Quentin didn&#8217;t like the bike, but he appears to like it now.\u00a0 Maybe they can just leave the decorations on it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1012\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1012\" title=\"parade_2\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/parade_2.jpg\" alt=\"Donna, Darrell, Kris, Mary Anne\" width=\"400\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donna, Darrell, Kris, Mary Anne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What point&#8217;s a parade if all you&#8217;re going to do is watch it?\u00a0 The whole point&#8217;s to be <em>in<\/em> it!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1013\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1013\" title=\"parade_3\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/parade_3.jpg\" alt=\"Quentin, Taylor, Schatzi\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quentin, Taylor, Schatzi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schatzi, of course, thought it was all about her.<\/p>\n<p>After the parade one of our neighbors held an open house and everyone went over for a potluck brunch.\u00a0 One of these years I guess we&#8217;ll volunteer to host everyone.<\/p>\n<p>So now we&#8217;re back home, staying indoors and out of the heat, except for the grandkids,\u00a0Quentin and Taylor, who are in the pool.\u00a0 I&#8217;m smoking ribs and chicken, so I have to go out every half-hour or so to replenish charcoal and hickory chips.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll eat an early dinner, then drive over to another friend&#8217;s house up in the foothills to watch fireworks.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great day to be an American \u2014 happy Fourth of July, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Fourth of July the residents of Sunnywood Estates gather for a parade.\u00a0 We supplied a large contingent of marchers: Donna and I, our son Gregory with his wife Beth and children Taylor and Quentin, and our friends Angie, Darrell, Chris, and Mary Anne. 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