It would appear another 4th of July has come and gone this year we had a real blast (sorry… pun intended). The day started by heading down to Key Largo for the big 4th of July parade which stretches from Anthony’s clothing at about mile marker 98 to mile marker 100 where the old Shopper food store used to be. For those who’ve not visted the Keys “mile markers” are how you tell people to get somewhere, and the landmarks tell you where in the mile marker to be. This is also important because I’ve never, that I can recall anyway, written about a “mile marker”.

So anyway… the parade was good but I seem to remember as a kid parades were always much bigger and grander, with more glitz, glamour, and spectacle. It’s all about perception I suppose. The neat part was we got to see a lot of friends we hadn’t seen for a while. We were able to sit with our old friends Rick and Sandy Swentek, Rick is my band mate from The Messengers and I never get to see him as much as I used to and miss the fellowship. Sandy is was a lot of fun also, I’ve always liked her dry sense of humor.

After the big Key Largo suaret(sp?) we dead headed back to Homestead to get ready for the big fireworks show at the Homestead Sports Complex  (check this link it tells the story of the HSC) later that evening. Some friends came by and picked up my daughter to go swimming and that gave her mom and I some time to relax a little before heading over. Friday nights is our night for Life Group so we all decided to hook up with the Life Pointe Church at the Flagship Cinemas movie theater on Campbell Drive right next to the Turnpike across from the new Homestead Pavillion mall bunch and have a tailgate party. I took the truck over and everybody hung out, had pizza and we did an abreviated version of the Life Group there in the parking lot. That was kind of cool really.

Proof you can have a Life Group anywhere 

I’m a little saddened when we go over the Sports complex that they can’t really find a good use for it, and couldn’t help but notice it’s starting to show it’s age. The Homestead Sports Complex by the way will be the intended site for the massive Easter egg hunt melee sponsored by Life Pointe Church next year. You won’t want to miss this, we’ll probably need a full police presence, complete with RIOT and SWAT team. Maybe The Major can pull some strings and get the Air Force to do a fly over with the F-150 fighter planes (that’s what we call a redneck fighter plane by the way) or Blackhawk helicopters, or the stealth bomber, or something… be sure and bug him about it (a lot).

So in the synopsis of yesterday I realized that there is a lot about this area that is appealing, but what I really realized is it’s not the places or events we go to. Really it’s about the relationships we have with other folks that make the place where you live a desirable place.

Happy 4th, and remember to pray for our troops!

Billy