4th of July Celebration

Well, I don't remember exactly how that saying goes about "the best laid plans", but that is what happened to us yesterday. We were planning on going to a fourth of July event in a big city (with lots of crowds)... However, a week before the 4th of July, the new Brookshires in our town donated money, so that we could have our own festival. It sounded great- booths, music, bounce houses, battle of the bands, etc. Plus, we would save $8 in gas if we didn't have to travel outside of our little town. I told the kids our plans, and they were all excited to go. We decided that we would leave at 7:30, and the fireworks show would start at 9:15 (so that would give the kids time to play). Well, at 5:00, the rain came pouring down for an hour and a half. The people running the event took EVERYTHING down. At 7:00, I drove over to the event site to see if there would be anything for them to do, and there was nothing!!!

So, with 4 kids ready to do something, and me ready to get out of the house, we decided to see what grandma, grandpa, and Kevin were going to do. They were going to another small town to shoot off their own fireworks, and there would be plenty of open land to see different cities doing their fireworks. So, that's what we did. We met up with them around 9:30, and we got home close to midnight. I am still tired, but it was fun! This was the first time the girls have gotten to see fireworks & do sparklers. Last year, we didn't go, but I did take Jaden outside in the backyard to show her the fireworks that they were doing in surrounding cities.