our 4th of july

here's ashleigh after i told her she didn't need to take a bath because she already took on plus she was ready for bed...but what do i know? so she got in anyways. of course i was upset at first, but then i figured what's the big deal, it's just water. so my next thought was to grab the camera!


our sparkler experience. these are the only pictures i took because soon after elijah tried to pick up a little piece that was still hot and burned his fingers. luckily grandma pat was there and quickly put mustard on the burns. that's right - mustard! it worked elijah calmed down but didn't want to see anymore fireworks. so he stayed inside and played wii, then ashleigh didn't want to be outside so i got to spend most of the evening inside while everyone else spent 2 hours shooting off all the fireworks. the kids did go back out a little later. it wasn't a total bust.