4th of July festivites.

Jeff in our backyard with Landon....one of the few years it DID NOT RAIN HERE!! (it always rains on the 4th up here in WA)


This is our friend Tristan...he and Jeff used to be on the same ship together. Tristan has about 6-7 months left in the Navy, then I'm pretty sure he's moving back to San Jose, CA (home) He was lighting off a roman candle when I took this, it just looks cool.


Missing Leena in this....prior to Jeffs dad telling us he was going to be in town, we'd arranged for my mom to have her for about 5-6 days, so she could see all her other family on her dads side, as well as my mom, who misses her dearly. My phone looks retarded sticking out of my pocket...oh well.




The neighborhood fireworks we lit off, Landon was in LOVE and AWE with them. Even with the huge obnoxious noises, he didn't even flinch!! He's such a BOY!


Ground flower going at the same time as a mortar....mortars used to be the hardest things to find! Now, with how accessible they were this year, I'm thinking that either in this county, they're legal, OR, they've been legalized...granted we did light the neighbors lawn on fire with one (they're in TX til August) and it blew up only aout 10-12ft in the air....oops! We've since returned the fire favor with watering their lawn, it's pretty much the biggest fire hazard you've seen, ever. (people don't have sprinklers up here....WE do, but that's it out of all our street)


Who needed to watch the Seattle show, we had our own going on in our neighborhood! (it's massive housing where we live)

All in all, it was fun. Jeffs dad and step-mom came from ID. I think they had fun, at least I hope they did! I think next year, we'll have to put on a even bigger show.