4th of July Fun!!!

On the 4th of July we went to my grandparents house in Clarskville but of course we had to stop at Starbucks before the hour long drive and yes I got a lemon cookie. We we got into Clarksville we stopped at a store that sold just fireworks. An entire store dedicated to selling just fire works and all year long. Most of the fire works in this store would have been illegal in California. (This big Box of fireworks was $1200.00. Wow!!!)

(When I first saw this firework I thought it was one big huge firework but it was four fireworks wrapped up into one. It was just a in a cute package.)


(Now these are Roman Candle Fireworks. Yes they a illegal in California but not in Tennessee.)

(This is the sign to fireworks store. You can see that they are open all year long.)


When we finally got to Grammy and Papa's house as soon as we walked in the door the food was ready and on the table. She made bar-b-q sandwhiches and baked beans. So good!!!! So then we had to pretty much waste 4 hours until it got dark enough so we could do fireworks. The guys did there guy thing in the garage while us women sat on the couch and drank coffee and talked and talked ....and talked some more.


It finally got dark enough, Alex couldn'twait any longer, so we went outside to start the fun. I could probably type all the fun but I'm sure it be would way more fun it you could watch it yourself.

(Auntie Re Re got Alex the flags!)

(One of our boxes of various fireworks)



Mike lit this firework not knowing what it would do and we had no idea that it shot little fireworks in the air.

Micheal wanted this little firecracker to blow up in the air so he had to light the fuse and then hold it so the fuse would go down and then throw it up in the air. But he kept letting it go because it was going down to his fingertips and he got a little scared.


Travis and I bought these fireworks that shoot up into the air but we hadn't ever seen then done so we weren't expecting them to go so high or to make a loud boom! So we were all kind of shocked and it definitly shows.

Daddy with his lighting stick because Papa didn't have a lighter that actually worked.

Aww, the engaged couple, aren't they so cute!!

Alex with his sparklers!!!

Mike with his kind of sparkers!!!

Another firecracker that shoots up in the air.


Mike said it right, "Thats a California firework." So sorry for y'all.

This one of the fireworks that shot up in the air. I thought it looked so pretty.

This is Mike with sparklers dancing like a little fairy. And the woman he is trying to scare is his wife, which you can hear he did.

All in all, it was an awesome 4th of July. This was the first 4th of July I spent with my grandparents and it was also the first 4th of July I spent without the gumps, mema, grandma, and Travis's family. It wasn't the same at all without you guys and I miss you all so so so so much. I love you guys