Fourth of July Dinner and Fireworks

After the parade, we came home to get ready for the evening festivities. Kraig had planned an evening with his family to have dinner and do fireworks. We had a super fun evening where we did a little "Iron Chef" type cooking competition. Each member of the family had a secret ingredient and had to make part of the dinner using that ingredient. It really turned out to be a lot of fun and the fun turned out excellent. After dinner we had our own little fireworks show in the front yard. What a fun day it turned out to be. While everyone was making dinner the kids played out in the water. Tate and Seth loves squirting everything with the water squirters.
Kyle and Jessica have a new dog, Tonka. The kids loved playing with and feeding Tonka.

Tate, Denise, Beca and Grandma eating dinner.

Tate, Seth and Beca. We love our cousins.

What a cheeseball! Throwing snaps!

Fun with sparklers.

Jessica, Tate and Grandma watching the fireworks.

Seth, Zara, Denise and Tate having fun with the glowsticks.

Who needs fireworks when you have glowsticks? I think these provided more entertainment than the fireworks. Tate, Denise and Zara figured out a way to use them as a jump rope.

Klark and Kraig getting ready for the show.

Klark, Kyle and Kraig lighting the fireworks. Of course, you need three men to light one fireworks. We don't want anyone left out of the action.