K.C. entertained the girls on the front porch (that's where the breeze and shade were) while I grilled us up some grub.
I wanted to do some sort of something fun and got all kinds of ideas off the internet. I settled on doing a combination of a couple of different drinks. I made blue and red ice cubes and we poured sprite over them - that was our red, white and blue drink:
Then I got some pop rocks and poured those into the drink for a little firecracker show. It was short and apparently not too impressive:
The grub turned out great though. K.C. and the girls had turkey burgers, I had a portabello mushroom burger and we all ate red, white and blue potatoes, asparagus, corn, watermelon and Tim's Pepper Jack Cheese flavored chips. SO yummy!
p>Next up was running through the sprinklers. Quinn had a blast with it:
>Sydney tried it out once or twice but wasn't too interested in it. So, I've included some pictures of her eating. Notice how her food is stacked so neatly?!:
Next up was singing Happy Birthday to America. I originally was going to serve popsicles for dessert. But, I broke down and bought an apple pie at work the night before - since it was on coupon and all - so we stuck a couple of candles in it and off we went!
After some well deserved naps and a second round of grub, we headed out to Lake Wilderness to catch the fireworks show. This is something I've wanted to do since we moved here and finally felt the girls could handle it this year. It did not disappoint! When we got there the band was still playing so the girls boogied down:
I love this picture of Syd. It looks like she's doing the hustle!
Quinn was impressing everyone with her donkey kicks!
She also impressed us with her photography skills:
While waiting for the fireworks to start, we got in a few shots with the girls:
And, watching the fireworks. Sydney just about fell asleep!
It was the best Fourth of July I've had in a long, long time! Looking forward to doing it again next year!
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