4th of July, 2011

We LOVE the 4th of July and all the fireworks that go along with the holiday!  We had a great day of relaxing and just enjoying time together as a family.  Later on in the evening we pulled out the fireworks and put on our own little show.  Grandma & Grandpa Bailey, Great Grandma & Grandpa Jones and cousin Melissa all joined in on the fun!  

The Family

Since this was Karissa's first year to experience fireworks I was a little worried about how she would react, but she loved them!  If they were too loud for her she simply covered her ears or sat in my lap so that I could cover them for her.  Tyson got to help daddy light them, which he thought was so cool!  We couldn't have asked for better weather either... temperatures in the 80's and overcast skies.  The weather was perfect, in my opinion.  I LOVE summer rain showers, but I was grateful that the rains held out until later on in the evening, after our fun. 

Karissa with her Pop-Its!

Tyson riding his bike while daddy gets everything ready.

Karissa's first sparkler.  (They just aren't as cool as they used to be).

Tyson with his sparkler.

Snakes...not too exciting, but a tradition non-the-less.

Tyson lighting the fireworks.

Karissa and Melissa

Looking at Potato Bugs

Great Grandma & Grandpa Jones