Happy 4th of July!

We celebrated the 4th of July by having our friends the Wellings over with their 7 kids plus Jami's parents who are visiting. Eric and Charity also joined us later. What a fun evening! The kids splashed around in the kiddie pool and slip-n-slide, and we enjoyed root beer floats with homemade root beer and homemade ice cream. Luke and his buddy Nate especially enjoyed the dessert treat!
We walked over to the lake area to watch the fireworks from a show at a high school about a mile away. It was a perfect view to watch the grand fireworks display over the water with palm trees in the skyline and ducks paddling across the lake. A storm started to blow up during the fireworks show so we got double the entertainment with some far-off lightning, too, and not to mention a personal mister system with the rain sprinkles that started falling toward the end. Last year at this time we were just getting moved into our house, so this ideal firework-watching location is another great recently discovered perk of our community.