4th of July

This picture was taken at 9:15 pm, and we didn't
even need a flash. Ryan had taken a seat as
far away from the fireworks as he could get,
so Abby joined him there.

I love the 4th of July; however, do-it-yourself fireworks are not my favorite thing. Daddy loves them though! Since it gets dark so very late here (after 10:00pm), we haven't ever braved the crowds and taken the kids to see them. I'm sure we will one year, but this year we just bought a small package of fireworks and set them off in our backyard. Last year the kids were pretty scared, but we thought they'd enjoy them this year. We were half right! Abigail was hesitant at first--mostly I think because of her big brother's protests--but she came around fairly quickly and enjoyed the pretty sparkles.

We finally had to use the flash at 9:40,
though it really wasn't dark enough to see
"real" fireworks for another 20 minutes or so.