4th of July 2014

We had fun celebrating over several days last week.

I found some fun snack ideas on Pinterest and was thankful I got one of the last two patriotic sprinkles at Hobby Lobby! We also had some pudding in bowl cones with strawberries and blueberries.

Fork fire work paintings, with Red/White/Blue glitter! :) 

They also made patriotic foam airplanes from a kit I found.

We headed to Seward this year to enjoy "The Fourth Of July City." Brad and I spent one summer in Seward during college, but were excited to experience it with the kids. We spent the night before combing over the schedule and maps online. (Of course you know I looked at it before that too...) Thankfully I read that people put their blankets/chairs out for the parade mid-morning and we barely found an open spot at 10 AM! After the chair drop off, we headed to the airport.

We knew all along we would be going to the free air show at the airport, so the kids, especially Makin, were very much looking forward to it. 

To start out the air show, they had a man parachute out of a plane with the flag during the national anthem.

It did not disappoint as we saw amazing stunts, including landing on Midwest's Smallest Airport (suburban) and flying upside down and cutting a ribbon people were holding up. Plus many amazing more!

I heard, "That was cool" from Makin many times.

 This was his high of the day.

Quick Motorcycle Ride At The Carnival

The Parade

We had a good amount of down-time before the fire works, but they are at a park with a huge lawn so we had supper there and the kids played with other children who were also there early. We were very thankful for a shady spot! After hours of waiting, when the fire works started they were picture-perfect! However, Makin did not have a good reaction and started crying and screaming that he wanted to go to the car, so I had to take him to the car while Brad and Lorelei enjoyed the rest of the show.

Hope everyone had a happy and safe celebration!