Happy 4th of July!
We had a great 4th of July this year. We started celebrating on the 3rd of July at Brett and Susie’s house on Lake Tapps. There was a bit of boating, Seadoo’ing and a big barbeque. Emma had a great time with the other kids, including her friend Maddie. We got home late on the 3rd and then got right back up early and headed back over to Brett and Susie’s house for breakfast and a few more hours of fun. Emma made a new friend (Hannah). They got along great!
We left from the lake and headed over to Polly and Vic’s house in Tacoma. There isn’t a renter in the house now and both Polly and Vic were up here visiting. There was an airshow from 2:30 to 5:00, which was a lot of fun to watch. The highlight of the airshow was an F15 jet flying around. It was very fast, and very loud! We had dinner there and then headed home. Alex came along to light off fireworks at our house for the evening.
Once we got home, we had a bit of dessert and Alex played outside with some of the neighbor kids while everyone waited for it to get dark. At about 9:30, the craziness began. This was probably the most hectic 4th of July we’ve had. There were a lot of kids and a lot of fireworks. I think all of the adults lost a few hairs, or at least had a couple turn grey. Trying to keep everyone safe took a few rules. The good news is that everyone had a great time and no one got hurt.
Here is a picture of Emma holding a sparkler with Katie:
