Celebrating Independence

This year we celebrated the 4th of July at Pickwick Lake with friends from church.

Playing down by the lake - We got to the lake early (about 6:30 p.m.) so we could find a space large enough for all of us to sit together.

Jonathan and Benny

Mr. H. and Samuel

Skipping rocks

Daddy and Jimmy visiting

Looking at the boats

Cathi and Jimmy

Enjoying a picnic dinner

Benny

Houston

Jonathan, Nicholas, and David

Samuel and Edyn

Bethany

David and Nicholas

Mrs. S. and Emily

Playing ball - Nicholas and David

Jonathan and Will

Will found a tall weed to use for a bat.

Benny and Jonathan looking for the ball :)

Melissa, Daddy, Jimmy, and Mr. H.

There are always a lot of boats on the lake on the 4th of July.

Samuel, Edyn, Amanda, and Kyra

Sisters

Sarah and Bethany

Waiting for the fireworks to start

Playing Uno...

...and eating cookies.

Rebekah and Bethany

A dead fish :(-

Amanda and Edyn whistling :)

Anna and Kyra

Cathi, Rebekah, Mrs. S. and Mrs. H.

Watching the fireworks

Bethany and Deborah

Rebekah and Samuel

Amanda and Edyn

The fireworks this year were the best we'd ever seen!

David recorded a short audio clip of the fireworks. Click here to hear it.

I don't think this was supposed to happen!

Right after the fireworks were over there were two explosions. The boys were watching through the binoculars and said that they didn't think anyone was around, so hopefully no one was hurt.

On our way home - the traffic was so bad it took us 25 minutes just to get across the bridge!

We all had a wonderful evening and can't wait to do it again next year!!!

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"Every single one of us as Americans need to remember that freedom did not come free. As we get on our knees tonight, thank God we live in a country where people are trying to break into, and not a country people are trying to break out of." -Mike Huckabee