A Fun Fourth!

We had a blast celebrating the 4th of July! Chad's dad sent us a link to a youtube video with some guy interviewing people on the street asking if they would celebrate the 4th of July, when they answered yes he would ask what the holiday was...no one could answer - so I was determined to make sure the boys knew the reason we were celebrating.

Jude though made some very good observations. When asked if he knew what the 4th of July was about he said, "Fireworks!!!!!" So we said we do fireworks to celebrate our freedom. He said, yes because Jesus sets us free and breaks the chains of sin in our hearts (we had heard the song with the lyrics, "break every chain" on the radio the other day and he wanted an explanation). Yes, Jude that is actually much more important. So then we said we could celebrate both the freedom we have because we live in America (and July 4th is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed) and We will definitely celebrate the freedom we have in Jesus!

A Berry Red, White and Blue Breakfast.

Listening to a story about Paul Revere.

Shiloh admiring all our fireworks.

Watching the show.

Lighting sparklers.

All three were fast asleep when we got home.

Boker hates to be picked up or even hugged but he is terrified of fireworks and was so happy to see us he let me pick him up.

Lilah was offended that Chad as holding Boker at the same time as her. She is not bothered in the least by fireworks.