Happy 4th!

I LOVE the 4th of July!  It's the best holiday... it's warm, you're outside, eating at BBQ's, fireworks, family... what's not to love??  It's like showing patriotism by eating.  I love it.  

We went to a BBQ over at my aunt and uncle's house- thanks Brent and Lori for having us!  

And because a girl's gotta eat... We had another BBQ at our house for dinner!  Followed by some little fireworks here at the house.  And what home firework show would be complete without someone trying to burn the house down.  Luckily for us... it was the landlord!  Jer had an idea that placed a rather large firework on the top of a ladder.  I missed the reasons why- I only turned when the screaming started.  

Once the firework was lit- it immediately fell from the ladder onto it's side... pointed directly at the house.  It shot at the house- but the force pushed the firework up and around onto it's other side- pointing at the neighbors house... where it shot the neighbor's front hedge (tried to start a tiny fire) before finally righting itself and continued to shoot fireworks upward into the air.  It was hilarious!!  Picture a little pinball machine- our heads swung from the right to the left and up again- thankfully no one was hurt- but it was so funny!  

 

The boys loved the fireworks- Kate hated them and opted to go to bed early with dad.  I took the boys up to the Holladay City firework show with Miss and Jer.  It was so good!  Probably one of the best firework shows I've been to!  The boys had fun sitting by their friends and goofing off until 11:00... yeah... July 5th was a LONG day.  It was funny (apparently that's the word of the day)- the boys were running around playing tag when the fireworks started and it scared them!  Ryan was already in the air- but once the first "pop" sounded- his mouth stretched wide- almost matching the size of his eyes as he did a mid-air spaz out.  Ty just hit the deck.  We had so much fun!