Fourth of July

I love the 4th of July.  It's one of my favorite holidays!  I love that it's in the middle of summer and the weather is beautiful....I love cookouts...I love how festive red, white, and blue looks on my little ones...and I love snuggling and watching the fireworks.

This year we joined our neighbors again at a local country club to enjoy fireworks.  We were in luck because there is a drought in our neck of the woods and many sites had canceled their fireworks - but not ours!!  We enjoyed a little kiddie carnival and dinner together.  Then our little family snuggled up on a blanket to watch the fireworks....and that lasted about 2 seconds because after the first BOOM our little Jaden decided he was TERRIFIED of fireworks.

It kinda makes me giggle....partly because I think each and every child goes through this phase at one point or another.  One year Eva had to watch fireworks with Matt's noise cancellation headphones on!  Soooo, instead of snuggling with my family Matt took our little man back to the safety of the car to watch the fireworks.  Eva sat with her buddies on the putting green and enjoyed the festivities.  Greyson slept through the whole thing.  

As for me?

I spread out on the blanket, enjoyed the beautiful fireworks lighting up the sky, and said a silent prayer thanking God for this amazing family that I'm blessed with...even if we aren't snuggled up together this year!

Big Dreams...

We recently experienced a neighbors house burning down in our neighborhood.  Luckily no one was home when the fire broke out, but the home was a complete loss. 

Eva and Jaden had never seen a house fire before and it was a bit scary.  The flames were taller than the trees!  Our neighbor took her boys and Jaden in our golf cart to get a little closer look (Eva was too scared to go).  They boys watched the firefighters climb onto the roof and use a chainsaw to put a large hole in the roof. 

Our neighbor looked at the boys and said, "Do you see how brave the firefighters are?!"

Her boys responded, "Ya!  I wanna be a firefighter when I grow up!!!"

Jaden sat there quietly and then looked up at her and said, "I think I'm gonna stick with being a superhero."

I love that boy.