Color Clouds

Thanksgiving traditions- lots and lots of food. A few games and then off to the city for a light parade and fireworks. My favorite - remember. Well, we had food - prime rib - and this year I did it right. A perfect medium - just the right amount of pink. Dad got a good piece of meat and it was gooood. I didn't go crazy on the side dishes since it was a bunch of old people eating. So we didn't have any leftovers to speak about. That is really weird. I had to cook all weekend. The games part of the day was - guess - your right - Goof!!! Yes, I was the score keeper and yes, I won. Dad and Matt tied for second. Poor Mom.

The next day was me making a tail for the school bus and if you want to know more on this - just read next weeks posting. Anyway at 5 p.m. off Matt and I went to the city. Parked in our usual spot - same place as last year when we were with Da and Nik. It snowed that day so we sloshed along in the melting snow as it was raining then. We watched a few floats go by all lit up - but went on to the beach to stake out our spot. And it continued to rain!! About 6:15 or so the count down started. And off went the fireworks!!! My favorite!!! Except this year - yea for colored clouds. The more the fireworks went off the more smoke it made and the harder it was to see. At one point it looked like the clouds where raining sparklies - as the sparks fell to the water.

This is the beginning. See the pretty, this is the most we got to see.
The ones shot off from the board walk where the ones we could see the best. The show lasted about 10 minutes or so - . Since it was raining and slick - we didn't run back to the car. A nice walk and when we where leaving - there was this family with two girls and a stroller. I kept looking at the guy and I knew I knew him. It was Liz and Dave. Didn't recognize the girls with all the hats and scarfs. So even if it was raining and cold - who cares - its TRADITION.