This week on Monday June 29 we celebrated my mother’s Birthday with all the kids and spouses gathering and few grandkids.  We had cake and ice cream.  We had a great time.

On Saturday July 4th we will be gathering at the Swimming Hole for our annual 4th of July celebration.  We will be eating, drinking soft drinks, and shooting fireworks, and usually someone brings a gun or two to target practice, and that certainly adds to the bang of the day.

This is something we all look forward to.  Usually if it rains we gather at Dad’s and Mom’s house just up the road.  There is not much in the forecast for rain, and that means it will probably be a great day for sunshine.  It will be a great day anyway.

I will be writing about that day a little later.

-Tim A. Blankenship