On july 4th Olivia turned 7. We had a great day that day. I managed to get the day off at the last minute, which rarely happens, and we all celebrated the 4th and Olivia's birthday by going to the Dade County Sparklebration. I don't know if it was supposed to be like a county fair, or just a small 4th celebration, in any event we enjoyed ourselves after the initial shock of rain and lack of entertainment. That is, of course, until we found the LIVE entertainment on stage all day! What a pleasant surprise. We saw the Larkins performance 2 or 3 times throughout the day. We saw the clogger dancers perform, we saw a live statue of liberty, sky divers presenting the american flag, some random performers on stage (some children, some adults) singing songs we all recognized.
The kids REALLY wanted to go on the 'rides' there, but the carnival was extremely lame and the equipment looked older than me and not very safe, so Warren and I distracted them with food and the live entertainment!
