Happy 4th of July!

Our 4th of July was awesome this year. There's nothing like getting together and enjoying hamburgers from the BBQ, the swimming pool, watermelon, fireworks - all things American. We spent it at my brother Travis's house this year, and it was a blast! I forgot to take my camera with me, which I have been doing a lot lately. I might just start keeping it in my purse. I really don't like to post without pictures, but there are a few things I want to remember about this year:

• The $8 blow-up pool toys shaped like jet skis my brother got from Smith's that the kids just LOVED
• Rebecca floating in the pool with floaties for the first time
• William walking off the edge of the pool expecting someone to save him
• The legal fireworks we bought from a fireworks' stand that would shoot fiery poppers in all directions (I really think these ones might need to be outlawed. The poppers were getting close to cars and PEOPLE! My nephew even had a burn mark on the back of his shirt.)
• The firework previously mentioned that shot fiery poppers into my brother's neighbor's yard and caught one of the grassy bushes on FIRE! (The fire in the bush blew up so fast that it was just inches away from the tree above it. I saw it all in my head - the bush, and then the tree, and then the house on fire. Luckily Kevin did a little firefighter training while testing for the fire department, and he smothered the fire with a box before it got out of control.)
• The "Grand Finale" $40 firework that my niece Brooke took apart as she was figuring out how to open it (My brother put it back together, and it still made a great "Grand Finale".)

Thanks for having us over for the 4th, Travis and Wendy. You guys always throw great parties.