patriotic picnic featuring 3rd ID ceremonial band & congressman Jack Kingston

yesterday afternoon, our community held a patriotic concert & picnic at a local church.

cliff had school until 6:45, so i decided to join my daddy and support the local events while i had an afternoon off.

the fort stewart 3rd infantry division ceremonial band performed with guest speakers

Georgia state representative, Jan Tankersly

 &

congressman, Jack Kingston.

the program began about 6:30pm.

bad weather was approaching quickly, so they had to get started right away.

mr. kingston was supposedly still minutes from arriving

the local boy scout troup made their appearance & led the pledge of allegiance.

all of the children were decked out in their precious red, white, & blue outfits.

a preview of the thunderstorm rolling right over us.

one of the city council members recognized all of the city managers & employees that were in attendance, as well as the state representatives.

{jan tankersly herself}

mr. kingston finally arrived. gave about a two-minute speech, then sat back down to enjoy the 3rd ID concert.



moments later..the bottom fell out.

i made a run for my car to save my beloved camera that snapped all of these pretty pictures.

cliff and i got home about the same time.

 we grilled hamgburgers on our new Sumbeam panini maker/grill {bridal gift}

then skipped over to the home of some great friends to help load up pieces of unused equipment on a trailer.

cliff insisted i tag along for the ride & that i would be allowed to just "sit in the truck" rather than getting soaked from the rain.

i agreed & kicked off my rainbows and slid on my rainboots..

now, picture this:

i worked at the store all day (embellish), went straight to the concert, came home, went straight out the door with cliff

in this here dress

{purchased from social boutique}

and these rainboots{from target}

now, if that's not already quite a sight in itself, when we get there cliff needed more assistance than he thought he needed to begin with.

i ended up standing at the front of the trailer reeling a wench to help pull the piece of 1000 pound equipment onto the trailer..

if i said/thought it once, i said/thought it a thousand times...

"anything for you, honey"

oh-me-oh-my.