Fireworks

Al bought some fireworks to do at the house for the girls. I told him I was having no part of it. But I guess I did, since I took pictures. They did like them, but we did learn that one family fun pak is PLENTY!! Made a huges mess on the driveway, that somehow became my job to clean up....still not understanding that one.

For the 4th we had made big plans to go downtown and set up for the fireworks. John, Angela, and the kids would be joining us. So I baked cookies, brownies, packed a cooler with juice boxes and water. Got a blanket, chairs....the whole shebang. And of course as my luck would have it it starts to storm. We hoped for the best and prayed the rain would end in time for fireworks. Loaded up and headed downtown. It lightened up a little then started to rain really hard. I was so worried the fireworks would be rained out and didn't know how I was going to explain that to a 5 and 3 year old. So it was so wet and rainy, we didn't get to have a picnic. So we put Rylee in our car with the girls to watch a movie and had our own indoor picnic....passing the cookie bucket from car to car. As soon as the fireworks started, we unloaded and headed to the back of the car where we could stand under the car opening of the Armada. Some had to use an umbrella and Nicholas...just stood in the rain! As soon as the grand finale had gone off we all realized....it had stopped raining. So we had a soggy fireworks show that Rylee informed her mom she "did it all for her birthday, hope you like it." And we all did; except Ashlee. She didn't like it but she didn't cry this year!!! That was the important party.