We drove off to the restaurant ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0455 and headed in ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0456 with Father's Day gifts ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0457 in tow. The menu ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0458 offered some nice lunch specials as we had chips and salsa ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0459 and drinks ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0460 while we waited for Ben's quesadilla ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0461 Sarah's (and David's and Jane's) enchiladas ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0462 and Suzanne's tostada ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0463 which made for a wonderful meal before David began opening presents and modeled the 2 ties ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0464 and then tied them ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0465 in simple knots while opening books ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0466 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0467 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0468 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0469 to Benjamin's amusement ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0470 as Jane ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0471 Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0472 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0473 allowed Sarah to take further food pictures ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0474 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0475 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0476 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0477

After lunch, we did errands at the shopping center getting Yu-Gi-Oh cards for Ben ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0478 and change back in our pockets ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0479 As Benjamin posed with the cards ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0480 Sarah began her search for the Nalgene ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0481 helped by this gentleman ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0482 who helped us decide. Once we got the Nalgene and a carabiner ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0483 we were ready to go to Eckerd to get these supplies for David's trip ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0484 as Sarah considered how best to dress her Nalgene ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0485 Benjamin studied the trading cards ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0486 and David bought this flag ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0487 from the Italian cashier ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0488 who said you couldn't buy flags in Italy. Next, Suzanne joined the crowd to buy these Floss Swords ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0489 which brought her no end of happiness.

We still had time, so we drove on to the frisbee fields but paused en route to record this wedding party ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0490 before getting to the field ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0491 where Suzanne's joy about the Floss Swords ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0492 continued as Sarah returned to the car ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0493 for the trip to the concert where we were lucky enough to not hear a bell ringing ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0494 so that we could enter the building ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0495 and look down at Jane and Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0496 who turned to acknowledge our presence ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0497 as we recorded the program ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0498 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0499 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0500 for the day's music as Sandra Olson and the accompanist ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0501 got ready and then gathered the flutes ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0502 focusing on Jane and Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0503 while Inspector Gadget ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0504 videotaped the first song ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0505 before Jane returned to tune ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0506 for her solo which went smoothly ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0507 and inspired Ben and me to explore further ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0508 returning in time for the duet ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0509 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0510 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0511 before the final group piece which Cindy ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0512 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0513 which Cindy ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0514 faithfully recorded.

Back at home, Sarah fancied up her Nalgene ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0515 and then she and Claire ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0516 followed us to the Fourth of July gathering where Carolyn ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0517 and Michael ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0518 welcomed Suzanne as Lucy and Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0519 emerged from the back room. The balloons ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0520 made for a festive gathering ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0521 as the food ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0522 worried Jane and Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0523 but amused Sarah and Claire ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0524 and I had my gin and tonic ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0525 to keep me happy before we headed outside with balloons (surrogate fireworks, no doubt) ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0526 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0527 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0528 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0529 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0530 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0531 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0532 and began to release them ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0533 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0534 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0535 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0536 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0537 until they could barely be seen ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0538 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0539 far off in the distance though we kept looking ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0540 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0541 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0542 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0543 to see if they would reappear. Next, we gathered inside ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0544 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0545 where the champagne ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0546 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0547 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0548 was opened and the cork ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0549 removed so that I could be toasted (which was very kind) ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0550 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0551 but there was no champagne ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0552 for the dog.

Dinner was a Southern style feast of chicken and squash ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0553 corn on the cob and greens ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0554 and grits ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0555 all served on festive linens ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0556 which looked better when the flash was not used ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0557 as did the plates. ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0558 I began with a muffin ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0559 and ended up with this plate ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0560 of goodies as the kids drank the juice ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0561 and Benjamin made headway ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0562 towards the clean plate club ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0563 all of which amused Carolyn and Michael ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0564 as they conversed with Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0565 and Sarah and Claire ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0566 got ready to head off perhaps because of the candle experiments at the other end of the table ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0567 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0568 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0569 while we waited for the bananas Foster ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0570 which looked much better sans flash ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0571 as everyone ate ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0572 in great joy ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0573 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0574 before the Pop'ems came out ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0575 in their bus-like container ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0576 to the delight of Benjamin.

After dinner, we went back outside to release the remaining balloons ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0577 and try to find them ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0578 ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0579 as a car drove by ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0580 so that we went back in to have chocolate and more sugar ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0581 that inspired further conversation by the girls ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0582 Michael ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0583 and Carolyn ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0584 as Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0585 and the girls ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0586 decided to go upstairs while Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0587 surveyed the remainder ../../../Sabbat/2003/06.12-14.03TrainerFthrsDayFluteJuly4//IMG_0588 of a very happy meal and a wonderful celebration that ranks with July 4, 2000 and July 4, 2001 and July 4, 2002 in our happy memories.