The 4th

I hope you all had as much fun as we did, celebrating Independence Day this year! We got together at my parents' house for a barbeque and lots of other fixins (sans the potato salad), and then headed out front to the driveway to watch the fireworks.

Mom and I had a few different salsas this year, but we both agreed that the Trader Joe's corn salsa was the best…

Major was in the house – against his wishes – to save his sanity from the noise of the firecrackers, so Sabrina kept him company for a bit…

But not even a sweet, nervous puppy could keep Bean from racing her little sister to catch the parachuters that fell from the sky…

Sabrina and I thought this was really funny at the time, but now it's just kinda disturbing…

Bre was in Boston for the holiday (we missed her so much!), but her old friend Cody was in town, so he stopped by for a visit…

Mike was in his element…

Btw, I can't believe I didn't get any pictures of my dad, bc he was the Head Pyro Guy that night.. we won't mention to my mother how he almost set an entire load of mulch on fire. Or when something in the street was on fire, and he casually walked over and patiently poked it with a large stick until the flames died down. (He used to be a firefighter, so I suppose flaming mulch or unidentified burning objects don't bother him much.)

Anyway, I hope you all had a fantastic July 4th celebration! Cody, if you're reading this, thank you for stopping by to visit the fam! :) And Bre, if you're reading this, hurry up and come back home bc we miss you!

9 Comments

Margaret

July 6, 2011 at 2:42 pm Reply

You guys always have such fun! Good to see Cody hanging out with the gang too. That’s funny about your dad and how casual he is about fire. Good to have a former firefighter around!