Soggy but fun 4th

July 4th is usually blistering hot and dry but this year it was soggy and wet. We weren't complaining though and had a blast anyway. I really wanted to take Jensen to see the parade in Edmond but ended up talking myself out of it since it would be a hassle and so hot. When we woke up in the morning though it was cloudy and fairly nice. So at the last minute we decided to give it a shot. We got a great spot right in the middle of downtown and got to see many cool things. We cracked up when Jensen saw the Shriners and said "hey, that man has a bucket on his head"! There was a big Star Wars float thing and he kept talking about Darth Vader.

That evening, we drove an hour away to Tuttle where one of Jeff's friends from work lives in the country. On the way down, it started pouring but we figured it would pass on time to do fireworks. Jeff spent about $250 on fireworks and could not wait to blow stuff up. He has always told me this is his favorite holiday and its like Christmas to him. We got to Chris and Jayme's house and they were really dissapointed that it was so rainy. They had a moon bounce that had to be taken down, a horseshoe pit and a kiddie pool filled with rain water. You could tell they really planned a lot of fun activities and they kept apologizing for the rain but we didn't mind as long as we got to do fireworks. There was a little boy named Hunter that was a little older than Jensen and they became fast friends. They even helped themselves to the water balloons in the rain

It started to get dark and it was still sprinkling but the guys started the fireworks anyway. The good thing was Jensen wasn't nearly as afraid of the noise this year and enjoyed it a lot more

Jensen didn't understand at first what to do with the sparklers, he kept throwing them out into the yard since he saw Daddy do that with the other fireworks

Hunter and Jensen enjoying the sparklers

We got a bunch of glow stick and Jensen and Hunter had a great time with them. They came in handy too when there was a loud pop.

They were able to keep a fire going in the backyard so we made s'mores which I loved.

Yummy s'mores

the day before, both Jeff and Jensen needed a haircut so we went to Doc's barbershop. This place cracks me up because its like the ones you see in the movies complete with old guys sitting around BSing! Its cheap too