Independence Day just doesn't have the same panache as it used to. Maybe it's the ever increasing gas prices or the tumbling real estate prices that's dampening everyone's mood. But, hey, it's an excuse to blow up stuff and eat meat. And that's what America is all about... nowadays anyway ;)








Nothing screams liberty like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Random sweetness can occur at anytime!

Not yet... it'll be a few more minutes ;)

The ladies love Ol' Dad ;)

And so it begins!

Aren't those Austria's colors? Oh well... fireworks must be expensive these days.

I know what you're thinking... a French braid?! Hey, they helped us win the Revolutionary War and gave us the Statue of Liberty! Not to mention pommes frites, Perrier and the poodle ;)

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