Of course, we did have to make up for it being canceled last year while we were in Texas because of the drought there.
It was no Nebraska (that state rocks the 4th so hard!) but there was fun that was had this year.
Starting with this happy girl preparing the patriotic cupcakes...
And then a slip-n-slide filled lunch time barbecue at a friends' home...
And then swimming and more barbecuing at our house...
And Independence day crown-making...
And lots of swimming under the hot sun...
And just relaxing while we waited for the sun to go down...
And finally it was time for fireworks in our driveway...
throwing snappers on the ground
Anna preferred to watch from a distance
They named this guy "Dead Joe" and set him up in front of the lit fireworks. Boys...
Yes, a shirt on this guy would have been a good idea.
And we ended our evening down at our neighborhood beach and watched the Navarre Beach fireworks show from there.
Okay, so I don't know how to take pictures of fireworks successfully.
There, that's better.
(And to keep it real...it wasn't quite as great as I thought it would be...we were not as close as I had hoped, and we unknowingly set up our chairs next to a smoking family, and had to skooch a bit which, in the dark, wasn't the easiest thing to do. There was also some complaining coming from a few of our children as the fireworks started about 20 minutes late so it wasn't the most pleasant fireworks watching we've had.)
Happy Fourth of July! And thank you to all who defend our freedoms!
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