This year we spent the 4th in Orinda at my parents house.
It was a perfect day filled with swimming, food and fireworks.
Also, the girls LOVED hanging with their cousins (my cousins actually)
because my mom's sister Cathy and her family were in town!
There were jumping contests...
Spray Tan - Tiger Style.
The fantastic artwork of my uncle Danny on my brother Nick. :)
Double Trouble...
Yes twin cousins! My twin cousins Sammy and Tylar.
The double twin Chicken fight.
Girls against boys...
Mom and Cathy
Cathy taught us how to make these FUN tee's. I will probably do a post about it later this summer. Such a great project!
After the swimming and tee shirt shenanigans...the fireworks began.
I was nervous because my parents have all of this dry brush all over their hillside.
Plus, Josh tried to blow me up on the 4th of July when we were dating.
A long and exciting story for another time. :)
Laney - our little brute. You'd think she would want to be a pyro like here Daddy.
She was actually really scared, but my Dad got her to hold one for 5 seconds or so.
Worst that happened...
A box caught on fire. No one was hurt.
Doesn't this guy just look like he wants to cause trouble?
I think everyone had fun with that Josh smuggled from Wyoming. :)
The End - no explosions, singed hair, or FBI investigation. I guess we could call that a success!
FYI - I SWEAR we saw a UFO on our way home from Orinda.
It was out the next night too around 9:00 or 9:15 p.m.
So weird.
