Fireworks!

It's been kind of stormy this last week, and even though we had rain off and on, we still had a great Independence Day. We spent some time at the Balloon-Fest with Travis's parents. Some of the balloons were really cool, but unfortunately it was too windy for the balloons to actually take off, so they ended the show early.

In the evening we had a barbecue with my family and enjoyed fireworks. This year, the state decided to legalize some types of aerial fireworks that were illegal in the past. My sister decided to surprise us and actually had one for us to try! This was obviously our first time launching one like this- growing up all we had were those little street fireworks, like this one:

My sister set the mega-firework out a bit further into the street, lit it, and ran for cover. It shot high up above our heads and exploded! It was amazing! Travis said it felt like he was in Paraguay again. :)

As the night went on, more and more of our neighbors were launching loud aerials. Baby decided he didn't like the sound very much and kept jumping. I finally had to go inside. But it was so cool to see so many more aerials this year. Travis then spent the next hour or so playing Dr. Mario with my siblings while I calmed baby down. It was such a fun, exciting fourth of July!