Ward Breakfast on the 4th
Softball Games
Frisbee Thowing
Bonding Time
Naps
BBQ with Friends
DC Fireworks on the National Mall
A Car Jump
the phone call that saved many hours
Missed Parade
Naps
KFC Chicken in the Park
Waterproof UNO game
a Great Band
Laurel Fireworks
(to see photos, click "view all images" above. For whatever reason sometimes it doesn't show up here on the blog)
What an exciting weekend!! It was really exciting being in the Nation's Capital to celebrate Independence Day. Thanks to some wonderful friends who saved our spot for us, my dream of going just before the fireworks started came true. We sat down, got comfy, and boom, they started!! I also had a wonderful lady take Eden so that she could sleep happily instead of having to be up until midnight. And can I tell you how grateful I am for the invention of cell phones!! There was an accident on the way home that we would have been stuck in for a very long time without a phone call telling us to go another way! We were home in less time then we had already waited.
KFC seems to have become a 4th of July tradition. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but my kids are the ones who pointed out that we get it every 4th of July, and it is true, the last 2 we have.
At Target they have started selling waterproof cards. What a clever idea!! That way you don't have to worry about them getting ruined as you are playing at the beach, pool, or really anywhere!! (Thanks for the tip, Mendy!) So far they have UNO and face cards. I hope they do more!!
I must say that I think the Laurel fireworks are better than DC!! Crazy as that sounds. DC had larger fireworks to be seen all over DC which lasted 27 minutes, but Laurel's lasted 34 minutes with a lot of smaller ones and some big ones. Not that the small one's were that small, they just don't shoot as high. Maybe it's the fact that we would even compare them makes you wonder. It's also a much shorter commute home! The Metro was crazy packed on the way home from DC and although the roads are crazy in Laurel after the fireworks we have figured out a way that we can get home pretty quick.
2 comments:
When I read your little list at the top and saw waterproof cards I was thrilled for you! Aren't they just the best $7.99 you ever spent?
We always have KFC on the 4th of July, too. It is Michael's tradition and CANNOT be fooled with--it's very serious to him. It's just not the fourth without it!
Yep. We were in DC for the fireworks, and nope, we didn't get the call to go a different way and were STUCK for a long while in the traffic from said accident. Thank goodness for a clear shoulder, or we would have been stuck a lot longer!!
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