Happy belated 24th of July!

Two of the best things about living in Utah are mountains and fireworks twice in July. We were able to enjoy both over the 24th of July weekend. On the 3rd we saw a fantastic show in Sugarhouse, and then for the 24th we decided to make our own show.
We invited family and friends over for a huge dinner of fried chicken, bbq ribs, steak, and sausage...just a little bit of everything. After we stuffed ourselves silly we set up all the chairs we had for the show. We love living in a circle which allowed us to have plenty of uninterrupted room for our pyros to have fun. :) Everyone brought $5-10 worth of fireworks so we had plenty to go around. Mike even brought out the blow torch to help light everything. The girls just enjoyed the show, and Carter was fascinated with it all.



The boys definitely had fun lighting MULTIPLE fireworks at one time. James built his tower that got so bright when it was lit that you practically had to turn your head. We had a great time and our neighbors enjoyed the show as well...although they might not have enjoyed when we lit a couple of M80s after 10 o'clock. It sounded like a gun just went off.




The next day we headed to the cabin to enjoy a few more fireworks and more yummy food. We made blueberry pancakes for everyone, but without a spatula! Some of the dishes had been taken down to be washed, but they forgot to bring them up. So Mike being the craftsman he is chiseled me a spatula. It worked pretty decently for the eggs, and then we ended up using a pizza cutter for the pancakes. Fun times!