Block Party!

We had our annual block party on Saturday, July 2nd this year. There were tons of people and lots of good food! Chris made his potatoes, Jon did sweet and sour meatballs and we did pork carnitas, and a triple berry cobbler. There was a lot of food, but that was good because I think everyone in the cul-de-sac came this time, and they all had friends too. I was very glad to account for all of our bikes/trikes/etc before the fireworks started. Ben and Sarah started off in the back of Jon's van. That only lasted a few seconds. Let me just say that I am so glad these too are friends. They say the cutest things to each other...... Then the firework show started. It was really good this year because not too many fireworks are illegal anymore. Ben's favorites were the parachutes. Isabel like the chickens that had fireworks shoot out their bums. I love Adams face in this one! Pure excitement. He started jumping in place shortly after I took the picture.

The other group that didn't have to stand to watch the fireworks :) From left to right: Jon, Grant holding Sam, KelliAnn, and Jen holding Nara. Nara kept saying 'cool'! Very cute.
I think this picture is adorable. It was a very big firework and this was Sarah's reaction.
Nara watching intently. She was a very tired girl, but loved the fireworks.
I got Sam right as a big firework exploded. Just to be safe, he closed his eyes. He enjoyed the show so much that he even fell asleep at the end!
One more shot of the kids watching. Ari covered her ears almost the whole time.

We had one casualty from the sparklers this year. Ben is a tough kid, so I'm glad it was him I guess. He, for some strange reason, took off his shoes to do sparklers..... One fell on the ground and he didn't see it and stepped on it twice. :( It melted the skin. This picture is the day after. I was glad that it was red and had blisters cause that means it doesn't need a skin graft.... Sunday was the worst day, but since then he has been swimming, running, jumping, tumbling, riding his bike with it. I'm just praying it doesn't get infected, cause he does get skin infections really easy.... As soon as the blisters pop we will see how tough he is!

There was one more casualty. A firework exploded into the crowd and burned a little girl's mouth, hair and clothes. As soon as it happened, Isabel and Ari ran into the house crying cause they thought their hair was going to catch on fire. Isabel is ok, but Ari is still terrified. :( All in all it was a fun party, too bad it had to end with burns....