Fourth of July

I thought I would share a little recap of our July 4th celebration...while it's still July.  ;)

We took a little trip to a nearby town where they were having festivities in the square...

and found a place where we had good view of the grounds and the people going by

including the political action

without being in the middle of the big crowd.

We waited for the sun to set.  Some were more content 

Grace (6)

than others.

Robert (15)

Finally...the sun set...

the fireworks began...

and we realized we had picked a truly horrible spot to watch the fireworks.

There was a bus and trees between us and the fireworks

and we would have had better seats if we had tailgated in the parking lot.

Yes, this shot was from the parking lot.  We headed back to our van during a lull in the fireworks, and the finale had begun at this point.