Happy Fourth of July (a little late!)

I love this picture. This is Drew (you can't really see him) having fun with two sparklers. You can see that he was moving them in circles.

We spent the fourth over at Mimi and Poppi's enjoying time as a family. My sister had to work (she waitresses at a BBQ restaurant) and then she had to help run the BBQ booth at the Red, White, and Blue celebration so she wasn't there. But, Mimi, Poppi, Uncle Jonathan, Grandma, and our family enjoyed eating the traditional 4th of July food (for us that is hash, BBQ pork, hot dogs, baked beans, etc.). Drew, Mikayla, and I also went swimming for awhile, played the Wii, and then enjoyed more "4th food" for supper. Then as darkness fell we all went outside for some fireworks. Mikayla is not crazy about fireworks (or any other loud noises) so we didn't spend much on fireworks this year, and instead decided to enjoy others' from a distance. We did however have some "poppers", sparklers, and snakes for the kids to enjoy. Poppi also had a couple of spinners that were colorful, but didn't make a lot of noise that we enjoyed. This is a lot different from how my family used to celebrate Independence Day (we used to have a HUGE cookout/swim party where all of our family and friends were invited), but we are enjoying it just as much!

Poppi looks on as Drew "shoots" a party popper.
Drew and Mikayla watch a "snake" grow with Poppi.
This is how Mikayla spends most of her time when it comes to fireworks - ears covered. Poppi was trying to convince her that these weren't that loud.
Poppi moves Drew (and his sparkler) away from the pile of fireworks.
Poppi helps Mikayla have fun with a sparkler. After we left we rode up to the lake to watch more fireworks and she really got used to them. I was very surprised - she didn't want to leave when it was over.