The Fourth

This year was the first year in four years that Boise has had a big fireworks display. I think it was because the company that put them on went bankrupt, or something. So, it was a big deal this year. We thought about going downtown to see the show, but it didn't even start until 10:15 (it doesn't get dark here until 10pm - isn't that crazy?) and by the time we would have gotten home it would've been after 11. Usually no big deal, but we had bought a bunch of fireworks for us to light. All of the ground ones are legal here. So, we decided to not go to the show, but instead have a boring night at home.

Then our neighbors invited us over for a barbecue, so that was nice. They have girl who just turned 4 and a baby who is about 1 month older than Lexi. There are also 3 other girls, but none of them were there. I had never met them before, and they're really nice people and we had a good time. Then we set off our fireworks together. I can't tell who had more fun, the kids or the adult men. At one point, they started looking for things to blow up, and let's just say that my headless barbie no longer exists. Here are some pictures...

A boy and his dad...

Logan playing in the smoke

Logan's faves: snakes 'n tanks

Jon made a huge plie of snakes and lit them all at once... here's the result

Here are a couple of the "bigger" ones we lit...

And, I don't know why, but this blurry one turned out to be my one of my favorite pictures...

There were also quite a few 'illegal' fireworks being set off in the sky in our neighborhood. So, all in all we had a great show and a great time with our neighbors.