It was the first time in seven years, that I had the fourth off (as I've told so many people, already)

I have a few pictures to share from the night:

Amazing, right? McKenna has the same knack for the camera as her auntie.

I got to go to the fireworks with McKenna, Connor (in the middle) and my brother. It was a hoot. Listening to the two of them sing in the backseat of the car on the way to them was adorable. Connor and Charlie (my brother's friends son) are both holding onto blackberries that have a countdown to the start of the fireworks. There were none too happy to be asked to look away from them and Connor said "Can I look back at the screen now?" immediately after the flash went off. Notice that he didn't quite take his eyes off of it. And btw, there was probably 50 minutes on there at the time...we got there a bit early.

It was a nice relaxing day. I ate grilled food three different times from three different households, spent time with family, got a blister from the driving range, met and held my niece Mallory, for the first time and saw McKenna experience her first fireworks.

When asked if McKenna liked her first foray into fireworks she simply replied, "No, they were too loud." And there you have it.

3 comments:

angie said...

HAHA those pics of mckenna are HILARIOUS, and so is her end quote! gotta love a girl who speaks her mind.
i'm SO GLAD you were able to spend the holiday with your beautiful nieces (and the rest of your fam.). YAY what a treat!

Kare said...

yay! glad you had a good time!? Kids are adorable! hehe, they look so grown up in the pics of the 3 of them, yet they are sooo tiny still. Cute.
Fireworks are SOO much better up there, glad you enjoyed them! yay!

Claire Higgins said...

What a great holiday for you! Food, family, fireworks...does it get any better?
When you were talking about the blackberries, I only thought of the fruit, so reread your blog as if you read it like I read it. Yea, I definitely thought I was missing something. hahaha This is straight from the girl who has literally the original Nokia as a cell phone, so do you blame me? ;)