Post 4th Celebration

All of the how to's and, "where did she find that?" entry is just before this one. Here's the quick link though, Celebrating and decorating for the 4th of July

Well our 4th of July party was a hit! Our friends thought that out decorations both in the front and back of the house made it more than just a BBQ and actually felt like a holiday. :) They even thought the frames and the banner in the backyard made a great photo booth. Sadly, no one took me up on that offer.

Oh and my worry about the jello shots not being consumed? Not an issue. People actually liked having the sweetened milk jello on top because it made it such a sweet treat. Pretty sure two of my gal pals just ate those for dessert instead of the ice cream cake.

I wish I had gotten some pictures of the fireworks display in our neighborhood. Our friends thought out neighbors were insane for starting fireworks at 5pm but it was just a warm-up until about 9:30. By then, we moved to our front yard, got out the firepit, and set up shop. At around 9:30 our neighborhood went just NUTS. My close friend asked, "which way should we face to see the display?"

"WHICH EVER WAY YOU WANT.." because it truly was a going on all around us, and right in front of us too. We lit off about 80 artillery shells alone. People down the street probably went to the reservations and purchased theirs... the booms certainly reflected that. At one point, one of their fireworks set off a car alarm about six blocks down.

By the time our celebration wrapped up, our friends were asking already about next year. Looks like the new fireworks spot is our neighborhood.