This first photo wasn't from the 4th, but it was a pretty sunset the night before, so worth sharing. I picked up Thai food and hung out with Nadia.
The 4th was on a Saturday, which means the day starts with trapeze.
We were all dressed up in our patriotic gear to at least pretend like we're excited for this holiday.
After practice, we started doing some prep work to take down the net and replace it with a new one. A couple months ago, the net started tearing in a few places. There were about 5 different spots that had to be patched, and it was fraying in a lot of other places. This net was just over a year and a half old, and it already started breaking down. It should definitely have lasted longer. The net we had before this one lasted for 10 years! I wasn't there to help put up the last net, so it was good to be part of the process this time. Today we took off the aprons, the wings (which are the pieces of net that cover the spreaders on each side of the net). We also took the new net out of the crate and stretched it out. Luckily, it wasn't too terribly hot and we had some cloud coverage. It was good that we were able to do some of these things today to cut out some steps tomorrow.
For the evening festivities, Dave and I went over to Rod's house for his annual festivities (we also went to his friends house before that for another party). Rod and George always buy a ton of fireworks. There was less running through them this year, so that was good.
