Happy 4th

Its here!

My favorite holiday!

The holiday full of friends, hot dogs, fresh fruit, swimming pools, grills, and fireworks.

What's not to love?

I love the Fourth of July!!

I always knew what to expect from the 4th when I lived in Enid.

Leonardo's 4th of July celebration in the morning

Swimming all afternoon at my parents' house.

Dad grilling some awesome food.

Grandpa giving us $60 to spend on fireworks (okay that only happened once, but it was awesome!)

Going to the Quail Meadows/Hillsdale/Enid fireworks shows.

Coming home and setting off our own for hours.

In Houston its a little different, but still wonderful.

Usually we spend the day with kids from the youth group.

We don't have a grill, but there is always some good food.

I don't know if Houston does a big fireworks show, I'm sure they do, but we haven't found it yet.

And we ALWAYS set off our own fireworks.

The favorites have been:

Sparklers - Duh

Roman Candles:

Pretty Smoke Bombs:

And Fire Balls: made out of the 500 extra sparklers from our wedding

I'm so excited for Monday!

I don't know what we will be doing yet, but I know it is going to be a great holiday!

Now, in the words of the Fresh Prince, I'm going to be "Chillin out max and relaxin by the pool"

Happy 4th of July!!