Celebrating Independence Day usually brings parades, balloon festivals, family gatherings, picnics and fireworks. With Covid this year, a lot of our usual "go to" activities weren't happening but we made do with what we could and we had a really good time. :)
The day before we got together with Scott's brothers and their families and had a little barbecue and fun with them. Then, on the 4th we put together our own little picnic. Scott set up the table outside in the little shade we could find on the side of the house along with an umbrella to give us a little privacy. :P It didn't seem like much, but kids thought it was a blast and want to do it again already. :)
We then had a few hours to kill waiting for it to get dark for fireworks. The city was going to shoot off fireworks at three different locations (extra high so that people wouldn't have to leave their homes). We were located right in the middle. So while we waited, we watched a movie, played with chalk, rode bikes, shot hoops, took pictures (a lot, haha) and just had fun outside.
Caleb fell asleep during the movie but joined us a little later. He was happy and well rested and ready to stay up later than normal. :P
As it started getting dark, more of our family came outside to join us. My parents came out for a bit and the kids' cousins came out to do sparklers. Neighbors around us started doing their own fireworks and with all the fun going on around us, we had a good time. We weren't able to see the city fireworks, there were too many trees and houses blocking our view, but they weren't missed. We had some good ones going off all around us and the kids were running around the house playing games with cousins and weren't even watching the fireworks. It was a good time. We were reminded how awesome our country is and how grateful we are to live in America. :)
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