What a delightful evening, the Prof’s parents were here for dinner and then we all went to the capital for the concert on the hill.  It’s such a neat way to spend the 3rd.  The symphony playing patriotic songs, a Broadway actor singing some of the songs from his run and then Simon Estes singing songs such as "Old Man River" and "You’ll Never Walk Alone." Just a great way to spend the night, with over 125,000 other people!  It was mobbed, but everyone was so courteous that it wasn’t an issue. 

We had to park a long way from the center; in fact we parked at the old Friends Church which was taken over by Mercy Hospital some time ago.  What a beautiful building and now it’s just there with windows covered over with plywood and not a Friends Church left in Des Moines.  Bummer.

The walk back to the car was primarily up hill so we weren’t sure if the Prof’s mom could make it, but we took our time and she did just fine although it was hard for her.  The exercise was good, she said, and we agreed.

I took some fried chicken and the other things that go with it down to the front desk clerk tonight before we sat down to eat, when she brought the plate back she had it filled with sugar cookies.  Nice trade J

Dinner tonight was rather funny (only to me) because it was a repeat of the dinner we had at C’s the other day.  I wanted the space in the freezer so cooked the chicken, it was a hit so all was good and no one else knew that we had just had it on Sunday!  Of course, they hadn’t had it so it was a treat for them.  Although we did end it with chocolate cake and ice cream.  The Prof and I didn’t have the ice cream but his dad is a huge fan of ice cream so we figured he would like it…he did!

Have a great 4^th!