4th of July Festivities

Since I was a teenager, my family has celebrated the 4th of July at our dear friends' house on Inks Lake. In all the years since this tradition started, I think only two years have been missed. Being there makes the 4th of July for our family and we were so excited to be there again this year. However, it was a unique year. One of the great things about this party, is a firework show put on by all the crazy pyro loving (mostly but not all) men in the group. Their goal each year is to have the best firework display on the lake and many years it has been. That being said, it is not always the safest show. There are burns, small fires, falls while running away from lighting the fireworks - you get the picture. However, in spite of the dangers, it is always a great show. It was a bit strange not seeing or even hearing one firework in our 4th celebration. We hope to be back in full force next year and I can only imagine that a year hiatus will just increase the need to outdo anyone else on the lake. Despite the lack of lights in the sky, we had a wonderful time as always.

The last pic is the kids on our float for our neighborhood 4th of July parade.