Saturday, July 05, 2008

4th of July--Part 4

CELEBRATION!!
Brad and Vicki (Travis' parents) live right on Lake Peachtree and their neighbors have a great grassy backyard that goes right up to the lake. Just over to our left is where they light off the fireworks. It's really amazing!!!
Here we are on our spot waiting for it to get dark.
(Jason, Brighton, Rachel, Ethan, Kaylin and Brittany)
Baby Abby waiving her flag!
My girls and I sharing a spot excited for the show to start!
Aidrian was awake at first and would blink at every firework. She got hungry so she soon fell asleep for the rest of the show. Ethan had fallen asleep even before the show started! And he stayed that way all night! Kaylin loved the show! She'd clap and yell "Whooo" when she liked one. We talked about the colors and different sounds they make.
Earlier this week we talked about how the 4th of July is also America's birthday. When we went to Chick Fil-A to eat they had flags and red flowers on each table. She said, "Do they know it's my birthday?" So I told her a little bit about America's birthday...and after my wonderful explanation, she sees an Army officer sitting across from us and saw he had a flag on his uniform and exclaimed, "Does he know it's my birthday too?" Apparently my explanation went right over her head! I guess she'll think the fireworks are just for her this year!

2 comments:

The Vander Veurs said...

thats great you had that good of a view i remember when we went to marrymoor park and watched the fireworks together do you remember that...memories crazy how things change. we were together so much that year when you lived on the plateu i loved that=) sad i wish we were still close i think about when i visited you in georgia all the time too that was fun. im crying just thinking about it i miss you soooooooooooooooo much!

Meagan said...

How cool that everyone in the whole country gathers together to celebrate the birth of Kaylin! What a special day for her. She even gets fireworks celebrations! What a lucky girl! I can't believe she is already FIVE!! Time sure flies!