The Gletty's Porch

This was the first 4th of July Dale has been able to enjoy with us in two years. So needless to say we kept busy to make up for the past years. My Mom was here to visit and spend the weekend with us also, which was fantastic. We went to see our downtown Cumming (a very small suburb town outside of Atlanta) fireworks on Thursday night, which were really a warm up for the whole weekend. We wanted to see how Alyssa would react to the heart thumping explosions...she did very well. On Friday morning we Dale and I took Andrew and Wes (our nephew who is staying with us for the summer) to the Steam Engine Parade in downtown Cumming...Andrew loved it , but after about two hours of really loud whistles he said he wanted to go home so he could tell Grandma "all about it". Then Friday night we planned on going to Stone Mountain for the laser light show and fireworks, which I heard are excellent, however, when we drove all the way there we were three and a half hours early, but they had closed the gates due to capacity. Then we decided to go see Lake Lanier's fireworks. When we arrived there we paid the $10 per car fee and were told that was all we had to pay to get in the park and see the fireworks. However, when we got to the entrance of the park it was an additional $10.70 per person to get in to see the fireworks. Needless to say, we tailgated in the parking lot till the fireworks show was over, then we drove home. I will have to say, the fireworks show in Cumming was better...maybe because it was free...maybe because we could actually see it...go figure. On Saturday we did a big breakfast and later in the afternoon we had a huge cookout. The kids went swimming and had a tea party with their Grandma (sugar cookies and raspberry ginger ale). The weekend overall was a success...Thanks Mom for celebrating with us, the kids miss you already!