Pioneer Day

Every year, we team up with the Holts and have a barbecue and then light off fireworks together.  This year, Lise and I decided to buy our fireworks together to try and have a bigger variety.  I think it was a success. We had our typical casual dinner in the backyard, and camped out in the front yard ready for the fire fun.  We normally buy our sparklers in Evanston, but didn't this year.  That was a mistake.  The sparklers here were very expensive and didn't really work.  We had to light entire bunch at once to keep them lit.  We weren't about to hand an entire bundle of sparklers to children, so that was an activity for the adults.  At least our grass didn't get burned this year.  Kyson, Kodi, and the other Holt kids did have fun with the metal sparklers.  I don't care for those as much because they have shorter handles and don't last as long.  But metal is better than nothing, right?

After the opening act, came the headline act.    We had an intermission for junk food and George was tyring to get the kids to open their mouths while they had food in their mouth.  Kyson was too smart for his trickery, but Kodi hasn't learned to ignore George.  We'll work on that.  And now...Act II.  We bought a variety of aerial fireworks and some of the less expensive ones were really good.  We didn't have a $50 grand finale this year, but the whole show was great.  Besides, the entire neighborhood is lighting off wonderful fireworks, so we always get a wonderful show and the kids laid back and enjoyed the show.