Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Celebrating the Fourth

July 14, 2010

Usually I celebrate the Fourth of July with all of the kids even when they are scheduled to be with their dad, since he's not much for parties or fireworks. I was planning to pick up the kids early in the afternoon, but Bree got invited to watch fireworks at the stadium with some girlfriends so she opted out of the family thing. I get that, though--a teen's gotta have her space and her friend time. On top of that, though, the kids' dad called and told me Nicholas wasn't feeling well at all and should probably just stay home and get some sleep. Poor kid--no fireworks for him! That left Danielle, who was still all about getting to see some fireworks with us. We picked her up and headed over to the Krepp's house, where we spent the evening with Paul, Carol, David, Carrie, and Freya. Before the fireworks, Danielle and Freya did a little swimming. David and Doug got the light show going while the rest of us ooohed and ahhhhed in admiration. Paul also let me borrow his tripod so that I could play around with some of the settings on my new camera, including the 'fireworks' setting--very cool! It was a lovely, low-key family get-together: )

7 comments:

  1. Where did you guys get the cool sparklers?! It looks like you had a lot of fun on the 4th.

    Meredith

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  2. Wow! I love the fireworks shots! BTW, I'm curious; is that guy in the 3rd pic really a badass, or is he just being silly? I like that pic a lot.

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  4. Oh, jeez. Now I'm second-guessing that comment. No offense intended! He just looks so serious, and I'm not sure I'm buying it.haha

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  5. He looks like an unbelievable badass, for sure. Either that, or a total prankster. Probably highly intelligent, thoughtful, punctual, snappy dresser, too busy being awesome to find time to get a haircut. A ladies man- a man's man. A rare breed...a man apart. Somebody who can get things done- if he's in the mood. Probably owns a pressure washer AND a big flat-screen. Yup, if you see him coming, watch out. Or give him a big hug and $10.

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  6. Still can't look at that picture without smiling. Especially now. haha

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