Monday, July 7, 2008

The 4th was a Blast!

Our 4th of July was busy and fun! We celebrated for three days. The actual 4th was spent with my family at my cousin Bart's, where we played volleyball and Uno, ate a lot, had a campfire and finished off the night with an impressive fireworks show by Bart himself! Tanessa had some crafts for the kids and they loved them! Thanks for your effort Tanessa!


The hats that Tanessa had them make. I know Ali doesn't look so thrilled with it in this picture, but she really did have fun making it!
Dakota is not so fond of the noise of fireworks. He spent the whole time plugging his ears and holding on to my Dad for dear life!

On Saturday we went to my good friend Amanda's house to meet her friends from college and it was a good time! The following picture is courtesy of my husband's mischievousness. We were supposed to be nicely lined up, all holding sparklers for a good 4th of July picture. However, to the suprise of most, my husband also lit an actual firework and tossed it behind us. Hence the explosion as the picture was snapped. Most thought it was funny, some not so much!



Sunday, we gathered at my mom and dad's for a belated Mother's/Father's Day bash. Dad had some firework's left tho so we made that part of the fun.

Ali found a comfy place to watch Daddy and Grandpa do fireworks



Dakota decided to watch where he couldn't hear them - thru the window! And if you tried to open the window even a crack he would freak out and push it back down!

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th!

2 comments:

Dani said...

Great Times! Such an awesome weekend. You forgot to mention how many buildings we almost lost with Dad being the mastermind behind the fireworks:) "Where did it go?", "Why do they call it a bottle rocket?"...Donk..uproar of laughter.

Mindy said...

That is too funny that you got the picture of the firecracker going off in the background! Hilarious! Very funny Paul!