The Fourth

The Fourth was spent with our good friends the Weeds.  They were moving from Morgantown to the west coast and paid us a visit on their long journey.  Ironically  3yrs ago, we arrived in Morgantown at the same time, both husbands were named Mat(t), both were fellows, and we had both just moved from North Carolina.

We took them to This is the Place State Park for the fourth of July activities:

Games for the kids, shaves, and watermelon eating contest

Train robberies, candy cannon shooting ---candy confetting down the dusty street, and the music of fiddles playing in the background.

And pony rides...

Later we rested and had a BBQ with some of Mat's family.  (side note: Lindsay, Mat's sister, also married a Matt, so that made three Mat(t)s--orange cha glad you're name is not Mat(t)!)

Dinner was followed by an up close  and intimate concert presented by Gretchen and Caroline and the rest of the cousins.  I will title the concert Legacy of Liberty.  It was very patriotic, yet felt like a long legacy of run on songs.  They had a very captive audiance hanging on to their every word, "The clouds in the sky look like eagles that fly.....the flag is close to my heart.....together we can change the world..."

Thanks foro stopping by Weeds.  Good luck in your new place, can't wait to visit.

Happy Fourth!