We had my parents & my brother’s family over for a 24th barbecue, topped off with fireworks. Good times.
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Me (it took a few tries to get my letters the right direction):
Add comment July 24th, 2009
We had a bunch of our fireworks stolen today! We had friends over for a barbecue, & left a bag of fireworks on the park strip out front while we went back to have some dessert. Our neighbor saw some boys take them (on foot). Why didn’t he stop them? Don’t even get me started.
Bryan started to track them down but eventually decided to salvage the evening & go grab some more. It’s times like these when we are reminded of how much we want to move. We still had a really fun night though. Good times. No pictures.
1 comment July 4th, 2009
After being sick and going overboard on Tuesday, I was down for the count yesterday. After much sleeping, I have recovered nicely. We watched the Days of ‘47 Parade on TV. Camping out to watch a parade in really hot weather in a huge crowd is just not my cup of tea. We had to watch though, because our family helped assemble the Wells Stake float (#90-something) – celebrating the first Boy Scout troop in America (it was our stake!). Rees and I spelled out the names of some people at the First Encampment on some “rocks” on the float. Bryan helped install some coolers under the float to hold drinks for the float operators. Rees was strangely mesmerized by the parade on TV.
We went to my parents’ house tonight for a little fireworks show. We brought KFC for dinner. Michael and Sarah came as well. There is something funny about my dad and fireworks. He seems like about the last guy who would buy his own fireworks to light, but for some reason he does. Maybe because he’s a dude? Anyway, he picked up the classic I remember from childhood – Killer Bees – plus some fireworks that shot out little parachutes (Rees LOVED those) and a giant $20 thing called a Nuclear Bomb (or as Sarah called it, “Stadium of Fire in a Can”). We also brought some sparklers and some of those spinning colored ball fireworks we found in our pantry (probably five years old). Michael commented that “…the Pioneers would be proud!”
Rees and James liked the fireworks but were a little scared. They kept their distance. Allie, on the other hand, probably would have walked over there and picked them up while they were going off. She had no fear. We also had some neighborhood kids come and join – the fireworks do seem to attract them. 
The boys slept over and Bryan and I went home. I’ll pick them up tomorrow.
Add comment July 24th, 2008
We spent the evening tonight with Bob at the Eaglewood Golf Course by their house in NSL. Bob staked out a spot early and we showed up a few hours later. He also saved us a parking spot and brought snacks for us. We ate, played around, relaxed, and listened to the assorted cover bands that were playing. The boys liked the parachutes and just running around.
When the fireworks were about to start, Rees started to get nervous, saying that he wanted to go home. He said he didn’t like fireworks and he was afraid they would be too loud. But once they started, he was excited. Both boys loved the fireworks and were doing lots of “oooohs” and “ahhhhs”.
Thanks to Bob for hanging out with us and being such a nice host. Fun times.
Add comment July 3rd, 2008
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