Happy 24th of July 2015

We didn't light any fireworks on the 4th of July this year...and now I can't remember why.  So we decided we had better do some on the 24th.  We got together with Brad and Michelle (and their family) and Grandma Johnson.  We even waited until it was almost dark!  :)  (That's funny!)

I love this picture of Josiah, even though you can't see his face.  What would it be like to be a kid again and just casually sit on the grass and not have a worry in the world?  It's too bad that we're too young at the time to really enjoy it.

Woo Hoo!  Pretty cool fireworks, eh?  :)  (You can always count on the Jones family to have some wild parties!)  HA!

Grandma and Eric

I'm sure they were watching the fireworks too...

This is a firework I had never seen before.  It says "Doggie Doo Doo" on the package.  When you light it, it looks like "doo doo" is coming out the back end.  Picture the black snakes that you did when you were a kid.  Gross, huh?  But you can tell that Joshie loved it and couldn't wait to show it off.  :)  What a cutie!

Moriah came dressed in parts of 3 different costumes for the fireworks.  It was so cute.  Michelle said she couldn't make up her mind of what she wanted to wear...so this is a combination between Buzz Lightyear, a dancer (with a tutu) and a super hero mask. (I can't remember what the mask was...bummer.   But she is such a doll!

This is just a random picture that Kyle took of me.  I thought it turned out pretty good.  :)

Brad and Michelle

Grandma and Eric

We had a great time together!  We did have one mishap though.  One of the fireworks shot sideways towards the porch.  It was really crazy.  It was lit in the road, just like all the others, but instead of going straight up, it flew sideways, which is where most everyone was sitting.  It shot into our rose bush, then bounced off some of the brick on our house.  It even scorched a few places on our house and a couple of  burns were on one of our chair pads too.  It was REALLY loud.  I pretty much missed the whole thing.  I had just walked into the house when I heard a HUGE explosion.  I remember thinking, "Wow!  That was a loud one."  But apparently that's what happened...a firework went haywire!  Anyway, Todd told me it was probably a good thing that I wasn't out there, because I probably would have freaked out.  Me?  Really?  Ummm, yes!  

Anyway, after that happened we were done.  Luckily we had already lit off most of the fireworks.  Other than that, we had a great time! Happy 24th of July!  :)