The Fourth

We had a great time on the fourth of July. The kids all picked out the fireworks that they wanted to light. It was the first year that we have allowed them to light fireworks. They loved it of course. The first time Aaron did it, he got so scared that it actually lit, he ran away dropping the punk behind him!! =) Richard and I stayed up after the kids went to bed and watched more fire works. How romantic!! =)This is Richard getting ready to help the kids with the fireworks.
Alyssa chose sparkling, loud fireworks. I think that she chose those becuase there was 4 in a package. That meant she got to light all 4!
Jasmine was running around like crazy. Apparently she loved the noise. However, after a few minutes of running around she just gave up and laid down.

Rebekah set one of her smoke bombs off a little to close to her foot and the sparks flew on her. Nothing like learning the hard way! She is fine and defiantly was more careful on which way the wind is blowing! =)Aaron had to use a lot of concentration trying to light this. He didn't seem to want to actually touch the fuse and the punk together. Needless to say, it took a while to get one lit.
Richard had to help Jacob with lighting. Then Jacob would run away to get away from it. It was funny. Today we are probably going to take our bikes over to the lake and ride around it. It should be lots of fun. Hope you all had a great fourth!!