Independence Day!
Ward Breakfast, then snaps with the kiddos
After dinner, we let the kids play with sparklers in the back yard.
We lit off a few things in the front before the sun went down. The little girls were a bit nervous about them.
After scriptures and prayer, I put Ila to bed before taking Isaac and Charlotte to a friend’s house for more fireworks. Zach stayed home and put Nicole to bed.
The kids lined up against the wall to watch the small stuff (tank wars, bumblebees, ect)
Then they lit up massive amounts of sparklers. The kids actually were done playing with sparklers before the stash was out.
As you can see, the fireworks were more than ample. I overheard someone say that they estimated the sticker price on all those explosives to be over $2,000.
We watched from an elevated porch which looked down over the foundation for a house in the back yard.
The show lasted until about 11:00. They started off the show lighting mortars which launch high in the sky and explode in multiple colors. They lit 4 at once with blow torches. For the bulk of the show they set off cakes of aerial fireworks in sets of two at once. Needless to say it was an impressive show that filled the sky with lights. At one point, near the beginning, they had a misfire that exploded aerial fireworks all over the ground. Shortly after that, we saw a big blaze burning up over a fence not far from the property. Some of the guys pulled a hose over to the end of the property and started spraying water over the fence while another person ran around the block to see if it really was an accidental fire. It turns out it was a bonfire.