Fourth of July Weekend 2011

Friday, July 2nd we went to the nearby park and enjoyed Family Fun night. There were a variety of activities but since we didn't arrive until almost dark the kids just played on the bouncy house and then we all watched a fireworks display. It was quite good. I was impressed by the display put on by our little village. It was a little too loud for the kids because we were up close and they looked like they were right above our heads.

This year we really wanted to experience the fireworks from the water. n Saturday,we were able to take the boat out and see the show up close! It was very cool! We were happy to have Kristen's mom join us for the fun!




On the actual 4th of July we had a nice dinner and then set off a few firecrackers. We were squashed in our efforts because a neighbor called the police before we did very many. We were limited to sparklers after that. Oh well, I am not sure what the deal was there, especially since there were a slew of them set off further down the neighborhood earlier that weekend. We used the rest of the fireworks at Kristen's house a few weekends later. We had enough fun for the night, especially when we enjoyed rootbeer floats! :)