For the last ten years we have been vacationing during the Independence Day holiday, but this year we made a point to stay in town and experience the holiday in a new way. Don't get me wrong - enjoying hamburgers and hot dogs while drinking those fun drinks with the cute little umbrellas in them and enjoying all of that in a beach/island setting is a lot of fun, but enjoying hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill at home is a lot of fun too! We celebrated our country's freedom with the normal 4th of July food for lunch and then headed to the Space Coast Stadium to watch the baseball game - Brevard County Manatees vs. Daytona Cubs. (The Manatees are our local AAA team.) We met some of our friends at the game - Ed and Tammy, their children, Mylissa and Jacob, and Debbie and her daughter, Jessica. The game was a lot of fun. The Manatees didn't win, but the game was fun to watch. The girls took American flags and waved them throughout the game. After the game, the stadium lights were turned off and an amazing fireworks show began with music playing - songs included Bruce Springstein's Born in the USA and R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. and Toby Keith's An American Solider. The fireworks show ended and Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA played as the stadium lights slowly began to turn on. It was a great family outing and it only required a five minute drive from our house!
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