F is for fireworks

My mom and Paul were here for fourth of July this year.  They have a lot of fun sitting in our driveway enjoying fireworks instead of having to lug a cooler to a really crowded field and wait several hours for a 30 minute firework show.  That's fourth of July in Georgia where fireworks aren't legal.  Thankfully, in Nebraska they are, so you don't have to do all that.  You can have your own fireworks show. :)  

My mom and Paul have been here a couple of times for the fourth.  They were here on the fourth in 2007 right before I gave birth to Landon.  We lived on the base then and had a spectacular view from a hill in our neighborhood.  You could sit up there and see a 360 degree view of fireworks for miles.  I do miss that spot, but we make the best of it in our neighborhood.  The firework festivities began about a week before the fourth.  Our neighbors were setting them off right after it got dark.  The weekend of the fourth they closed off the end of our street so that people could set some off.  My next door neighbor likes to show off a little and invites his whole family over to light off fireworks in the street in front of his house.  For him, it's his one time of year to really show off...might as well take advantage of it. :)

Anyways, so we decided this year to have a couple of friends over and sit out front and light some fireworks. I thought that Landon would really get into throwing the poppers on the ground and swinging sparklers around in the air.  He really liked the poppers and thought they were pretty funny to step on.  Braydon ended up getting the crappy sparklers by accident, so we'll try those again next year.  Landon really liked the big ones that popped and hissed and made a lot of noise.  He thought it was pretty funny.  I took several pictures of our day with our friends and their kids as well as my parents.

Sydney liked playing in her exersaucer outside...she was giving that lobster a talkin' to! :)

My beautiful mom

Roslyn loved the slide.  She was all over it the second I brought it out.

My friend Megan...normally she's the one with the camera. :)  Brad, her husband, is in the background.

Nevin, Megan and Brad's little boy...he's a busy thing, but he's awfully cute!

Pyper and Roslyn watching my crazy neighbor's fireworks

Me and the Syd-ster

We had a lot of fun just hanging out.  We even brought out the fire pit and tried to roast marshmallows and make S'mores.  It didn't work very good cause we couldn't get the fire going, but I got a couple of marshmallows roasted anyways.  All was not lost.  Thank goodness!

We also got some news from Pyper the next day that she is expecting her #2 in January!!!  Congratulations Pyper and Chuck!!  Roslyn is going to be an awesome big sister!