Sidewalk of Fire 2010

2010 Annual Sidewalk of Fire!

This year, as in years past, we went to our local firework stand to pick up some goods for our annual celebration.

Upon entering the tent, I noticed that things seemed awfully expensive this year, as in 3 to 4 times more than it should be for the fireworks that we can buy. After much consideration and tears from the kids, we decided to only get a few things ie: smoke bombs, snaps, pop thingy's that look like smoke bombs, sparklers, flowers, and snakes. I'm talking like 2 of each...that's it.

It wasn't a lot of stuff by any means, but it cost $30.00 Seriously....$30.00 for some basic firework supplies. Are you freakin kidding me? Josh and I left feeling totally taken advantage of. So what were we supposed to do...we'll we decided to head over to our local Costco and get a super size pack of fireworks and make ourselves feel better about the money we just dropped on the basics.

So, for $60.00 we got 3 to 4 times the fireworks from the Costco box than we did and the little tent. We left feeling slightly better, knowing that we'd be able to put on a pretty good show. Just for comparison, we took some pictures of the Costco box and what we got at the stand. You tell me, who had the better deal? Oh yeah, we even had enough left over to celebrate the 24th too! Woot woot!

So, after getting over buyers remorse, we had Josh's two brothers and their families over for our annual celebration.

We BBQ'd, played some TT (also known as ball toss), chatted, and watched the kids all run around.

When it started turning dusk, we headed out to the front yard to start the show.

Nothing says being a kid on the 4th of July like running around with a sparkler!

Who would have guessed that we'd need to be wearing jackets on the 4th of July? Not me, I mean come on, it's July.

Not that I'm complaining, it made for a beautiful day.

The kids waiting to see what Dad is going to light.

Do you think that the kids are a little bit excited?

Uncle Travis had just thrown some firecrackers over by the kids and it scared the crap out of them.

On a side note, the brothers (meaning Josh, Carter, and Travis..the adults...think it's funny to light firecrackers off really close to each other....the examples they are showing our kids...funny huh?)

Here's hoping that you and yours had an awesome 4th of July and many thanks to the men and women who allow us to continue celebrating our freedom.