Freedom Fest 2007
Saturday evening MWR hosted Freedom Fest 2007. It's the annual Independence Day celebration for the weapons station. They had plenty of food, drinks, games, and live music, followed by a wonderful fireworks display. There was scheduled a huge sporting tournament to include arm wrestling, jousting, sumo wrestling and an obstacle course. Well, early on in the event a thunderstorm came through so the event was delayed for about an hour and a half. In the long run, this was very beneficial to Matt. They only had time for 2 of the scheduled events, sumo and joust. Matt took 2nd place in the jousting tournament and 1st in the sumo wrestling tournament. He won $25 in MWR gift certificates for the sumo and, because those ended up being the only two events, he won the overall tournament, scoring him another $100 in certificates. We plan on using the winnings at Short Stay camping and boating and such the weekend before my birthday(July 31st) as a birthday celebration! (Anyone who is interested in joining let us know we are trying to get a big group together) Amidst all this, Natalie Stovall, a country singer from Columbia, TN, was performing fairly well. She did mostly covers but she is quite talented with a fiddle. All-in-all it was a great time; a great way to kick off an extended Independence Day celebration.
Here are a few pictures of the event. We forgot our camera (shocker I know) but we did get some pics with our phones. I uploaded them all to my "Holidays" album on my myspace for those who are interested and also on www.sarahandmatthew.shutterfly.com in the Freedom fest album
