I have two friends who’s husbands are in the military. Just a shout out to you: Nathan Morales, Mark Mason - you guys are awesome!
Happy 4th of July!
We spent this 4th of July at our Pastor’s house. Their backyard is perfect for this kind of event because they have a huge deck, big lawn area, pickle ball court and even a fire pit area. We spent the better part of the afternoon hanging out there with church friends and then headed to our house for fireworks with our neighbors.
Evan was so tired. We had thought we could give him a nap at their house on the floor somewhere, but that didn’t quite work out well. I forgot that he could crawl! So when I laid him down on the floor he immediately crawled away. I carried him around in my Moby wrap until we left and he was pretty content with that. He was quite the sport for not having a nap though.
They had a kiddy pool there that Alyssa loved and the teens had a massive water balloon fight that ended with a lot of wet people. Hence the picture of Luke blowing up one of the water balloons for Alyssa to play with. There was also a pie eating contest – it was quite the party.
--------->>>>>>Fireworks!!<<<<<<-----------
Being from California we’re not used to the “do it yourself” fireworks. We played the part of the observers this year and just watched as our neighbors lit off 5 hours of fireworks in our cul-de-sac! We even invited a few of our church friends to our cul-de-sac because our little town of Duvall is one of the few cities that are legally allowed to shoot off fireworks in our county.
OH! And Alyssa had so much fun that afternoon, that by the time we got home she was asleep and slept from about 7:00pm to 8:00am the next morning! She was one worn out little girl. I kept running inside the house to see if the fireworks were waking her up, but she was snoring away the entire time.
You can’t really tell from this picture, but that firework is a moving dump truck that shot off a firework then dumped out some more fireworks that went off…it was actually really cool.
Our neighbors were totally gung-ho into these fireworks. They even hand crafted a wooden stand that held the firework containers so that they wouldn’t tip over. You can see it in the background of this picture below.
Evan stayed awake the entire time and seemed to enjoy watching the fireworks in the sky. The 2nd picture is a firework from the next street over. Sometimes they would light off a firework at the same time as ours, which had a pretty cool effect for our “show.” I had no idea it was legal to shoot off the fireworks that burst into the sky…I’ve only seen those kind at a professional venue. It was pretty neat to see them a little lower and up close. I’m totally in for next year! :)
