Our Independence Day Celebration

We enjoyed the day prepping for the evening after a morning grocery run. I finally got a chance to paint my toe nails, we put on some festive tattoos, and Lorelei let me fix her hair special. We also read History of Fun Stuff The Explosive Story of Fireworks, which was awesome because it taught us the history as well as a bit of the science behind fireworks. We had all the yummy July 4th "musts" for our family for supper. This of course, meant Brad was grilling.

Patriotic Pancakes for Lunch

The kids were floored to stay up late for the fireworks. The day before Lorelei kept saying, "I can't believe they don't start until 9:30. Start at 9:30!!!" This girl is such a fan of holidays, its really fun. She loves all the prep work and excitement with any holiday. I loved that this year she also knew more about the history of what we were celebrating. "I used to think it was just for fun, but now I know its because they signed The Declaration of Independence." :)

Our town fireworks are at the lake. We were not thrilled about the idea of the crowds, but really like to be up-close if we are going to deal with the parking lot afterwards. We found decent seats in the grass close to the lake and were completely shocked how packed with people the sand was. Then some groups took down their tents and left so a great spot opened up on the sand. Lorelei was adamant that we should have seats in the sand and we were really glad she convinced us to move. It was a great fireworks show!

Happy Independence Day!