July 4th

We had a wonderful day celebrating America's birthday. We invited a bunch of people over and has such a fun afternoon/ night. Aaron, Pablo, April, Daniel, Clarissa, David, Heather and Russell all came over late in the afternoon. All week we had horrible rain, it took me 2 hours to get home Friday because much of the city was flooded. We were hoping for a nice day Sunday and we got it! The weather, while a little hot, was so very nice. It could have been much hotter and was not as humid as I thought it would be considering all the rain we got.

April and Daniel got a dog, Ty. He is so little!! I forgot what breed he is, but he is only 5 pounds and at full size will be 10!! He is so cute and sweet.

Aaron brought Rocky over and the three dogs had so much fun playing! I know Sadie loved having friends over!

They all played really well together and although it looks like Sadie is eating Ty here, she was actually very gentile with him.

Ty would go over to Sadie and jump at her neck. It was so cute!

We grilled hamburgers and hung in the backyard for a while.

Some darts were played.

This picture cracks me up! Sadie is the sweetest, nicest dog, but she looks like a crazy wild animal ready to attack here! Rocky looks scared- ha!

Then it was time for the fireworks show! They started out with two tubes.

And then went to three.

Our neighbors on the main street were getting in trouble for their fireworks, so they brought them down to our cul-d-sac to finish them. They had a bunch of really big ones.

Daniel brought his tripod and got some great fireworks pictures! These are all his pictures.

After fireworks, we hung out a little more. We played darts and catch phrase. Aaron and Pablo and April and Daniel decided to spend the night to avoid driving home. It was almost 3 am, but we decided to play Rock Band since Aaron had never played. It was a quick game and then we all headed to bed!

We had such a great day celebrating our freedom! We are so lucky and blessed to live in this country! God Bless America!