Fireworks or Owensboro Under Attack?

Independence Day Weekend surely did come and go with a bang....literally! Friday night, we sat out on our back lawn and watched all the neighbors blow their hard earned money up in the air. It was craziness! From every angle, there were fireworks going up. Most of them weren't the cheap cheezy kind either. They were the big nice kind that are similar to what they have in town.

Saturday night we were going to head to the park on the riverfront and watch the public display, but it was rainy and dreary all day, so they postponed them until last night. It didn't even end up raining at 9:00, so when we started hearing the familiar popping sounds, we headed out back to watch again. This time, our neighbors on the cul-de-sac had some, so they were pretty much right on top of us. That, in turn, freaked the girls completely out. Chloe screamed out, "Why is this happening!?!?" and Hannah ran inside the house and said that she thought we were all going to die.

I'm not that fond of the fireworks that people shoot off in their yards either, but they were pretty. Hannah and Chloe both ended up putting toboggans on their head and coming back out to enjoy the show. Abbi had her head wrapped up in her blanket. I guess all this protected them????

It was funny though. We were watching several displays in the neighborhood, but the sounds were much more intense than the night before. I can understand why the girls were freaked. It sounded like we were under attack. You could hear them from far off and up close, but it sounded like the background noise in a War movie. It was really kind of freaky! Nothing like I had ever experienced before.

So, we did finally get to enjoy the fireworks on the riverfront last night. They were very nice and we were right in front of them this year, so they were even more beautiful. Ironically, the girls were fine with it this year. Go figure!

Today, Jamie officially starts his vacation, which is much more of a staycation. We have a few things planned for the week including Holiday World (thanks to free tickets from PawPaw), Murray next weekend, local things to do, and a tentative plan to go to a children's museum in Louisville. Should be fun though and at least we can all do some things together. He was ready for a break though. Last year when he took his vacation, he had only worked a week, all the boxes weren't unpacked, and life was a whirlwind of frenzy. This year, he can actually just enjoy!