Anyway, we did enjoy our 4th of July celebrations this year. We started the day by riding our bikes to the park and watching the parade. Small town parades are much more fun in my opinion. I took Halle to the front to help her collect some candy, but we weren't quite as fast as the other kids. That was fine though because she was more interested in the free coupons everyone was handing out. She had a blast waving at everyone.For dinner, we headed to my parent's house for a barbeque with the family. Halle found a water gun that was as big as she was, especially with the water in it. Here she is trying to get her cousin, Frankie, wet but she couldn't hold it and make it work at the same time. It didn't matter though. Dad came over to help her and yes, I was the target.
Her most favorite thing to do at Grandma's house is to jump on the trampoline, and she just figured out rolling down the "hill" was lots of fun.
Our next and last stop was the fireworks. I love our fireworks show and I don't think it compares to any other place we have been. Granted, the show I saw in Hong Kong for their independence day celebration was from the roof of a 20+ story building and it was a really awesome show. But there is something about listening to our own patriotic songs and watching fireworks for our own independence day that always brings tears to my eyes.
We had a fireworks setting on our camera, so we of course had to try it out. Looks like it works pretty good. We just need to adjust a couple of the settings.
Anyway, Happy 4th of July! We hope you had as much fun as we did.
