Food, Family, Fireworks and Fountains on the FOURTH

The morning started with getting the food prepared. This was a fruit salad I decided to make into a flag. I put it into a bread pan to get it the shape of the flag. I didn't want to make the traditional flag cake since I was already making apple pie and berry cobbler.
While I was making the goodies, the kids went outside to play with "pop-its". William didn't quite get the hang of throwing them, but he liked stepping on them.

When the evening came, we went to watch the fireworks. There was a water fountain near where we were sitting, so the kids played in it while we waited for it to get dark.

Tom's brother David came from Savannah for the day. He's getting ready to go to Iraq for a year. We all had lot's of fun with him and the kid's loved playing with him. Here's Kaitlyn snuggling up to him on the blanket as we wait for the fireworks to begin.

We were as close as you could get to watch the fireworks. The police barricades were right in front of us. We were so close that we had debris raining down on us during the display. The kids

were picking up peices of it to save as souvenirs. Sarah even found a peice of one of the fuses. It was so fun!!

Here's a little video of William trying pop-its for the first time.