'Cause Baby You're a Firework

If no one else hears Katy Perry singing that line when reading it, sorry but it is one of the few newer songs today that I actually like.  Although every time I hear it I think of the 4th of July...which is one of our family's favorite holidays!  We take this day pretty seriously...well, not really, but we do love it.  We had a full day time schedule of swimming at my mom's house. Unfortunately I have no pics of that as I forgot to take some since I was swimming too!  The kids were little fish and swam until their feet bled (well B and E's at least!)  Kate and Addison got in their little rings and jumped and swam for hours, only to be interrupted by their mid day nap which they happily took with a promise of more swimming when they woke up.












Then we headed back our direction to see the Lincoln Fireworks.  Apparently, these are a HUGE deal here. 
We grabbed some pizza to picnic for dinner while we waited for a few hours for them to start.

Emma was in a bit of a funk as I think she was extremely worn out and hungry because she barely ate her lunch and then doesn't like pizza so didn't want to eat dinner...

This is her shouting NO as I tried to take her picture...hee hee

 My friend Roseanne and her kids met us there (they also went to my moms with us that day) and her son Hunter and Nathan were busy sword fighting and running around having a great old time.

 Her daughter, Paige, playing with Addison

 Emma calmed down and played some Angry Birds

Addy with me, flashing a cute smile

The show was really good and we had a great time sitting and watching the fireworks from McBean Park.  We didn't get home until pretty late so I think even now 2 days later the kids are still recovering.  This marks the halfway point of the year, which is crazy that it is all going so fast.  We have almost been in Lincoln a full year!  Next up: Bailey's Birthday...