Mike's Bday and the 4th

On the 4th we celebrated both the birth of our country and a belated 31st birthday for Mike. The kids got to stay up late this year and enjoy some fireworks! Hannah and Nathan both loved holding this twizzler sticks. :)

I can never get a good picture of a firework... lol!

Nathan watched wide eyed and excitedly from the back of great-grandma's pick-up truck.

The neighborhood subdivision up the hill from us put on quite the display right after we'd finished setting off our few fireworks. The kids loved it! nathan kept saying-MORE MORE MORE! I like an early bedtime, however... these kids had been looking forward to seeing fireworks all week. How could I say no?! So, I covered their windows with dark blankets and they slept til 8:30 and 9:00 the next morning and then we did early naps and early to bed. It worked. ;)