4th of July festivities

This year we decided to spend the weekend up at the cabin for the fourth. Before we headed up we had some other activities planned.

We set off fireworks in the driveway Friday night. I really should have gotten video of the starball we set off, they fly about 30 feet in the air. Also, my pics of the kids didn't turn out so well.

Saturday we got up and went to the parade with my family. Harriet spent most of the time "helping" the girls get candy! She was hilarious.

Kaite's favorite float...Bumble Bee!

My favorite float.

One of the best moments of the weekend. I wish I could have gotten a pic of Marianne's face when she first touched the snake.

We then went back and had a BBQ and packed up for the cabin. The girls found these in Marianne's room from Cali.

We had plans to spend the evening watching fireworks from the boat on the lake. Unfortunately, that fell through since we couldn't get the boat working. So, we headed to Lakeside lodge and sat directly under them. We were way close (actually we were closer but I insisted on moving) we could feel the fireworks booming. One of them even exploded right on top of us, I thought the blanket was on fire and poor Harriet jumped right out of her skin, good thing we weren't closer! Here are some pics. They put on a pretty good show. Ash and Kaite loved it, Kami just hid her face. Next year we will be on the boat, I am so excited for that!
Here are some other pics from the cabin.

Sawtelle
Ash up reading late.

Sparklers
Smores. Kami was way mad that she didn't get one of the first roasted marshmallows!

Here is a pic of the sparkler Kami threw in the fire. I thought it turned out really cool. Ky said I should enter it in the fair.

Fishing.
Kaite's first fish! She was so proud and only had her pole in the water for a few minutes.
Kami had to check it out too!

She really wanted to get in on the action.

Ash didn't catch any that night so Ky took her again the next morning and she caught 6! Then Kaite had to go back out and caught 5 more. So 6 fish for each girl!
If you look real close you can see my line where I snagged it years ago when me and Audra were fishing! There are some very funny stories behind that trip! I can't believe it is still there!
We had a good weekend. We took our bikes and road around some. Kaite learned not to ride at mach ten when she is on gravel roads! We spent some relaxing time together and played a few games. We never did get to boat...maybe another weekend when the boat is fixed.
Before we left we also went to the drive in and saw Toy Story 3. The girls loved it and Kami didn't scream through the movie! We also went to a S&R appreciation dinner at The Anglers Lodge, yum. It has been a busy couple of weeks but swim lessons are almost done! I will have more pics then!