Happy Independence Day!

We'd had trouble deciding what to do for Independence Day this year. A good part of that was that we weren't even sure if or where there would be fireworks because there was a big thunderstorm coming at us and supposed to arrive just in time for all the festivities! We finally decided that we would at least go check and see what was happening in one of the local cities and hope for the best.

We got to the park we planned to scout out early so the kids had plenty of time to walk around and get wiggles out and make new friends etc. We actually ran into a girl from school who had brought along some water balloons to pass the time and generously shared with the kids. Alicia took great delight in smashing hers and Ryan carried it around like it was a baby and was pretty upset when it did finally break (can't remember if it was an accident or on purpose!) I think he even had it named. 

At last the fireworks arrived and we all had fun. At first they had set off some low ones and we thought we had picked a poor location to see everything but for 90% of the show we were fine and because we were a little farther away it was less crowded and the noise wasn't so bad so all in all it seemed pretty perfect.  (Especially when I got to laugh at Mark for bringing a book along and reading instead of watching the show - for once the table was turned!)