Red White and Blue

What a great 4th of July this was. The fireworks are loud here now and I have no desire to go outside cause my face is washed and my pjs are on. Emma is hopefully out for the night and Lauren is laying upstairs watching the Presidential 4th of July special :) She really should be sleeping after all of the action today.

We went to the Tekamah parade at 10 and Emma got more candy then I think she did on Halloween. The parade is a great time and I think it is our third year going. Lauren didn't appreciate the sirens too much so her and dad sat back a ways under a shade tree.

Then we went to Aunt Stacy and Uncle Ted's for hotdogs and left over birthday cake. What a great time there again. Uncle Mel and Aunt Kathy brought over poppers and parachutes and we had a blast catching the parachutes. Emma couldn't believe that she was allowed to go into the street so much today. Emma and grandma filled up water balloons and I seemed to get the brunt of it, which actually felt good tonight. Dave is working and I'm sure is very busy with all the people complaining about the fireworks. (All I have to say to them is "get over it" it's the 4th.) Unless the party is going on till midnight don't call the police, seriously.

Anyway, Emma has her earmuffs on so hopefully those "scary loud" fireworks won't bother her. And, oh yea, my favorite float was the bowling alley who boasted "automatic scoring." COOL, no more counting pins on our fingers.

I have to work in the morning so I need to get the little one down. Hope everyone had as good of a 4th as we did!