Chris & Naomi Hathaway Home

Today was our first 4th of July in Washington. We had a full day planned, with parades, fireworks, carnivals, BBQs and more. Not everything happened how we planned, as it usually goes, but I think we had fun nevertheless. We went to Tacoma during the day and saw parts of an air show while trying unsuccessfully to hang out with Uncle Joseph, then we visited some friends on base for a barbecue. Afterwards we came back and lit off some fireworks in our driveway. They were fairly tame (sparklers, ground flowers, smoke bombs, etc), but enough to drive both kids into the house after about 10 minutes. Apparently there aren't laws against setting off fireworks here on the 4th, so it was pretty crazy after the kids went to bed. They slept right through it, though.

Oh, and our neighbors rushed over to borrow a fire extinguisher. Their grill caught on fire, and then they tried dumping flour on it, which caught on fire as well. Fortunately we had the extinguisher handy; I had purchased it after we had our own little grease fire in a pot on our stove (Naomi reacted quickly and put it out with baking soda).

Through all the mishaps, the day was totally worth it, cause I got this shot: