4th of July Festivities....or whatever.

Our 4th of July was very uneventful.
Very.
Nick is in Alabama with my parents
visiting my grandpa,
and playing golf galore.

Brenden had to work a good chunk of the
day & evening.
Turns out a lot of people go OUT for burgers on the 4th. Go figure.

We did go to a small family gathering for a short bit
but left early to call it a night
since Brenden had an early flight out this morning
to go visit his friend in Tennessee.

But we briefly had a chance to do some fireworks.
In broad daylight. Woot!
Since the punk wasn't lighting this sparkler fast
enough, K-man brought out the big guns.

We sternly warn our children to back away when
we are pulling cookies out of a 350 degree oven
but every July we put 1000+ degree
flaming sticks in their hands
and tell them to dance around. Hmmm.

And dance he did.

My boy.

Sigh.

And as always, a little burning action, thinking
that just telling them to 'be careful' will
prevent such things. Hee.

After three children you think I should know by
now that giving coffee to a toddler in
the late afternoon will prove
to be a bad idea. I should.

This cheesy grin remained until about 11 PM.