Dueling Denominations - A 4th of July Battle

Question: Does spending lots of $$$ pack the benches on a Sunday? Well, for two nearby churches, that seems to be the case. Especially on the 4th of July.

The "tri-clops" church on Brown/Val Vista throws a mean fireworks show. Theirs lasted a whopping 25 minutes! With a grand finale - bar none!

BUT... the Central Christian Church, which is also in visible view from our driveway, decided that MORE is better. 33 minutes packed with powerful pyrotechnic punches. The GRAND FINALE would just not stop! IT was wonderful!

But Linnea said it best, "I just love being able to walk thru the garage if the girls need to go to the bathroom!" This led into reminiscing about the golf course days, the coolness of the grass (we were sitting in chairs on still-hot concrete) and Mom stating, "Be sure you use the bathroom BEFORE we walk out to the fireworks." I guess it was a long way!

We had a pool party over at Mom and Dad's with Melanie, Russ & Linnea and Russ's brother and family. Jay and Alice DeWitt came over too. It was just wonderful to be somewhere cool! We grilled some chicken and ate some fruit followed by cheesecake and smoothies at the firework show!

Open invitation to all for next year: We still had plenty of seating and parking.