"God Bless America"

This Fourth of July evening, we all went back to to the track to watch the fireworks show. DeeDee, Nina, JuJu, and even little Shelby joined us for this event. We were worried Shelby might be bothered by all the noise, but she slept through the entire thing. You really enjoyed watching all the beautiful colors explode overhead. You particularly liked the purple ones. The show was rather short this year, but we all had a good time. As we left, you loaded up to go back to the "hotale" with DeeDee and took off with her. We hadn't even gotten out of the racetrack parking lot when we got a call from DeeDee. You missed your Mommy and Daddy and wanted to come home. So we stopped and once you got to the Circle K, you wanted to go to the "hotale." And you went back and forth, until finally we made you decide. And you decided to come home. But, oh my goodness, you were very upset with your decision. You were hysterically crying to go with DeeDee, but we had to draw the line somewhere. When you get overtired like that, you change your mind incessantly! It makes us crazy. So you screamed and cried the whole way home, during your whole bath, and while we got you dressed. Finally, Daddy took you outside to see the neighbors shoot their fireworks and just like that, you were over it. God Bless America!

Here's Shelby at the Fireworks Show. She looks excited, doesn't she?