4th of July

Well, it's that time of the year again…4th of July. And Parker can't wait for the local parade to start. We've parked ourselves in the same spot we found last year -- near the end of the parade route on the shady corner near Acton Market. And this year, Thommy and Geoffrey will be joining us.

And there's no better way to start off the parade than to honor the guys who protect us…and we got all of them -- military, police, fire, etc. Too bad Chris couldn't join us because the Fire Deparment brought along one of the giant dozers that they use to put out brush fires. Talk about a big truck.

The theme for this year's parade was Wild West and what better way to celebrate the wild west than to round up a posse and hunt down people. And look, they caught somone one. I guess that will show people not to mess with Acton.

Frankie does his best to keep his best paw forward; however, the gun shots (how can you have a posse without shooting a few guns…right?) gave my poor pup the shakes. But he didn't run like a coward. He bravely stood by our sides, shaking like a leaf. But a few minutes (of tummy scratching and gentling cooing) later, he was back to his old self...ready to celebrate with the best of them.

Over all, it was another fun parade and next year we won't be overly suspicious of the people handing out the little purple books. (What we originally thought were new testaments or other religious material turned out to be the Declaration of Independence...PHEW!)