Sunday, September 05, 2010

Independance Day

4th of July, Mike's favorite holiday. This year was no different than past years....food, friends, family and fireworks. We made the trip up to South Carolina to pick fireworks for Mike's show. It's sickening how much money Mike puts out for this, year after year. It's so funny how excited he becomes, it's like a kid at Christmas.
Jarom, Liina and Hannele were able to get away from their busy lives in South Carolina and come up for the weekend and witness the show. We had our good friends, the Maddox's my sister Kristine and her family join us as well. It was a lot of fun for the kids as well as the adults. Only one mishap this year, when a firework tipped over just before igniting and shooting at a neighbors car.....................it just wouldn't be the same if some kind of close call didn't occur. Jarom showing his American spirit and his cougar allegiance.

This is my favorite picture....Mike helping Noah shoot off a roman candle.....it almost looks like a small cannon going off.


This is another good picture....yes, it's still light outside. The kids had been pestering all night to do sparkler, so Mike gave in and let them do some of them. In the picture is Mike Maddox, who is very cautious about things, so he made the kids line up with their sparklers and wouldn't let them move for fear they would either burn themselves or someone else, it was pretty funny.

Hailey and Hannele enjoying a Popsicle. Hailey loved spending time with Hannele, it was like having a little sister....not sure if it was reciprocated.

A sample of Mike's show.

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