holiday pt.2

our 4th of July celebrations were a blast! it has been a long-standing tradition that we celebrate Independence Day at my grandparents house in st. george. we always have lots of yummy food and a fireworks show by the cousins. this year was no different, except we had some bigger fireworks that my brother brought down from Provo. and lest you be worried, my grandparents had checked with the fire department to make sure we were allowed to do fireworks this year.

the evening started off just as it was getting dark. my grandma noted that her neighbors across the street had left their garage cracked, which was ironic because a few years ago, during our fireworks show, a firework escaped underneath the crack in their garage. luckily it had burnt out just as it went under and no damage was done! this was an especially fun show with all of the bigger fireworks we had gotten, as a lot of the cousins are older now i.e. more responsible. . . i'll let you be the judge of that though.

our independence day cupcakes! decorated by grandma with help from some of the cousins

sparklers are perhaps one of the funnest things about fireworks, in my opinion

 

we were having lots of fun, until one of brandon's aerial fireworks tipped over. i was priming my camera for some fun shots of the big ones, when i couldn't find them in the sky. i moved the camera down and saw that the firework had tipped over and instead of going up, it was shooting out. a couple people got hit and there were a few other burns, but luckily it was nothing serious. the main thing we were worried about was the shot that escaped under the neighbors' garage and exploded inside it! it didn't look like there was any damage. . . and nothing was on fire, so we decided to call it a night a little bit early this time. and just as we were cleaning up we got a visit from the fire department. . . apparently aerial fireworks are not allowed in washington county, but no harm no foul right?! i guess you could say our night sure ended with a bang!