  It is becoming our tradition on the 4th of July to skip the " big"  fireworks that Rockford puts on and go up to the Rockford Country Club and enjoy a fireworks display that they put on.  It a little smaller than the city show but the crowd is a lot smaller and we can walk there rather than drive ( that avoids the whole parking hassle)  We gathered at Ron and Cher's place and formed a mini wagon parade up to the park.
 Once we got there,  Northeast had pretty much a whole section of the park- Mike and Dee,  Ed and Kory,  Erin and Patrick ( even though Patrick stayed home)
 Frank and Amanda,  Stu and Stacia,  Wayne and Angie,  Tim and Amy,  Amy and Bob,  Ron and Cher,
 Tim and Deb,  Aaron and Tina,  Alex and Amanda,  Dave and Kim,  Val and Ron,  not counting everyone's kids.
 I,  of course,  was able to eat my traditional cherries at the fireworks which is really the most important aspect of the whole day.  Here's some of the photos that Aaron sent over.  urlLink Aaaah& nbsp;
 urlLink urlLink Here's a gang of goobers if ever I saw one& nbsp;  urlLink urlLink Deb,  Tim,  and the funniest little girl I've met in a long time. nbsp;
 urlLink urlLink Alex the kid- magnet and his wife. nbsp;  urlLink urlLink Zowie! nbsp;  urlLink urlLink Our friendly neighborhood photographer and the woman who makes him great.
nbsp;  urlLink urlLink The ever- photogenic couple,  chillin' on the deck. nbsp;  urlLink urlLink Oooooh&
nbsp;  urlLink urlLink These are the glasses that will change the world for Ron.  He's already been that ray of sunshine that lights every room he enters ( cough)  but now he can see what it's like to know him.  With these glasses the whole room looks like it is filled with sunshine-
now our drab existences can be artifically altered into light- shedding,  life- giving rays of sun.  Will the miracles of modern technology never cease. nbsp;
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