8:00 AM - Pancake breakfast at Church
3:00 PM - Picnic/barbecue
4:00 PM - Pinata
6:30 PM - 4th of July Parade
8:30 PM - Fireworks Display
This year was nice. We had several families over to share the day with. We had lots of little children to enjoy the pinata and the fireworks. We decided last year that the city's fireworks were way too late for our kids to stay awake so each year we would put on a display at our house. This year was a bit longer than last year lasting around 30 minutes and $225. That ends up being $7.50 per minute for fireworks but it was totally worth it. We had quite the audience! There were around 15 kids from the various families watching. One of the fellow dads in the group used his camera to create a time lapse of the fireworks display and it can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN6vaFB17Es
It is pretty cool to see. Cut and paste into your browser or go to youtube.com and search for 'Todd West's Backyard Fireworks'.
Here are two attempts to end the pinata!
Michael had the final hit and the mad rush for candy followed.
Here is the 'crew' waiting for the parade to start.
Jen is so prepared. The kids started getting antsy because we were early to get curb-side seats so she pulled out the ring pops for everyone.
Here are some of our favorite fireworks:
This is all that was left after the firework show.
