ANOTHER YEAR,

 ANOTHER TERRIBLE GUT WRENCHING LOSS...........

        Only this one wasn't so hard to take because I had every intention of Losing right from the start. This year I'm going to dispense with the long, windy narrative (OK, so anyone who knows me knows that it's clinically impossible for me to be brief) and get right to the Order of Finish.

FIRST  PLACE

Whoooo, Whooo! Let's all get aboard the Freedom Train!

SECOND  PLACE

Happy Birthday USA!

We never really mind losing to the Martins, friends from down the street who inhabit a bizarre mostly female universe which is completely alien to our predominantly male oriented existence.

THIRD  PLACE

"A Day at the Beach", eerily reminiscent of "Teddy Bear's Picnic"

And Finally, "(DIS)Honorable Mention"

"Cavalcade of Losers"

I've seen happier Napoleons in my day.............

ALSO MAKING THE SCENE....

Our friends the Wallingford Williamsons (Claire, Bailey & Joel) entered in a different category, I think......

Resolute......Until I had children I wouldn't have been able to understand....

The Parade is over! Let's get to the Fire Engines!

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http://www.morbeckorama.net/IndependenceDay2004/FireEngines04.htm

click HERE to read about the 2004 Parade   click HERE to read about the 2004 Games

PARADE:  http://www.morbeckorama.net/IndependenceDay2004/Parade04.htm

 GAMES :    http://www.morbeckorama.net/IndependenceDay2004/Games04.htm