Tristan flew in on the morning of the 4th, so we didn't do a lot of the traditional daytime things we normally do. But I was really excited to have him home to go watch fireworks as a family. This year we decided to go to Barclift park again with some friends and then walk over to watch the Tumwater fireworks show. We had a little BBQ here at home before heading over to the park around 5:30 or so. Everyone brought snacky stuff to share and the kids played and played while the adults "supervised" and visited. We had a good size group again and the kids wore themselves out, for sure!
Carter and McKenzie had fun playing in a dirt pile together.
We had time for a little baseball, too!
The kids had fun riding around the park in this wagon...luckily one of the older kids did the pulling so we didn't have to!
Ethan and Carter had a great time playing on the playground.
Can you tell that Carter likes to try to be like his big brother? ;)
This? Well, this was MY ice cream cone. I gave Carter a bit and the rest was history. He LOVED it.
Yummmmmm!
He was so funny with it. He kept sticking his tongue out way too early and even when he wasn't licking it. He really, really enjoyed that ice cream cone!
At the beginning of the festival in Tumwater they have a bunch of people jump out of a plane with parachutes. This person had an American flag, which was really cool to watch.
We had some time to set off some small fireworks as a warm-up for the big show.
Ethan, Skyler and Dylan were matching in their "Red, White and Cool" t-shirts this year. We couldn't get Dylan to join in the pictures, but the big boys cooperated for us!
Around dusk we walked across the street to where Rich and Tristan had reserved seating for our group to wait for the show to begin. Tristan spent some time wrestling with the boys. I was really impressed with how well he help up since he had been up since 4 in the morning traveling and was still living in a time zone that was 2 hours ahead of us!
Dylan being a conehead
Carter's reaction to some fireworks
Skyler, the conehead
Carter kept being silly and making this face and laughing about it. I think he was delirious since he was up more than 3 hours past his bedtime!
Dylan was a happy boy watching the fireworks!
It was a good show and we had a blast with our friends and being together as a family. I was so grateful that we got a break from the intense heat that day. It was a great temperature and there wasn't any rain! Definitely a wonderful way to celebrate this great nation that we live in and appreciate all of our freedoms!
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