4th of July

Here at the Webster household, we know how to celebrate the 4th. We don't celebrate like most families. We celebrate for 10 days straight!! Okay....really, we sell fireworks every year. But, this year, I really need to own up and give Dave ALL the credit. He worked his tail off and let me stay home and be a mom to our kids.

The actual 4th was way fun! We started the day by going to the local parade. The kids love it because all of the floats throw out candy. This year, Aunt Andrea was very nice and brought a huge bag of candy to share so that they kids weren't out on the road. Logan loves candy. LOVES. I couldn't get a picture of him without a mouth full of candy! But, I am glad he kept his hat on all day. He look so grown up in it!

We always let the kids (and all the cousins) get free pop-its from our fireworks stand. During the parade, they got bored and started throwing pop-its at each other. If you've ever wondered what happens to a new white shirt bombarded with pop-its....wonder no further! Here's Max's back. Poor kid. I think he got a little outnumbered.

I had been promising our kids that we would get frozen yogurt sometime during the fireworks season. We just didn't make it up to help very often. So...we finally went right after the parade. I think Kiwi Loco needs to buy my picture and use it for their advertising. Just sayin....

We have 2 different locations where we sell fireworks every year. Walmart:

Grandpa helped A LOT this year!!! I know that Dave was so glad to have the help. And, when I say help...I mean 15 hour days kind of help.

Our second stand is at Broulims:

Dave's cousin Michelle and her husband Tom are always so nice and help us every year also. I'm so glad they do! I feel like it's the only time of year that we get to really see them. They are such awesome people! We are really blessed to have so much family willing to help us do this every year. We couldn't do it without them.

After all of our playing around, the kids were getting exhausted. I knew they would be up late, late, late...so I took them home for a quick afternoon nap. It didn't last long, though. They were so anxious to get back to our stand to help Dad! The 4th is the only day we really let them in to go help. We let the kids pick a movie and as soon as it got dark, they all piled in to the van for a movie marathon. Grandma Martin sent them glow sticks this year and it took every ounce of their self control to not break them out days before the 4th. I love how Logan is using his as a straw. Silly boy.

The city fireworks didn't start until almost 11:30. They always light them right after the rodeo. Bria just barely missed them. By that point, Max could really care less. He was so tired. Same with Logan.

So...we waited a few days and lit sparklers with the older kids at home.

This year was probably my favorite 4th of July ever. I always worry that the kids miss out on the 4th because we sell fireworks instead of spending time as a family. But I realized this year that they have just as much fun helping with that as they would going to the rodeo or fireworks show. They had a great time!!! It was so fun!