Fourth of July

This year for the Fourth we grilled some steaks on the salt block and cooked some hotdogs for the kiddos. Then we headed over to Hickam Air Force base to Pear Harbor beach for the fireworks. We stopped to fill the car up and I ran in to get drinks and some snacks and saw bubbles for 49 cents so I grabbed a couple. It was a good thing I grabbed the bubbles that kept the kids entertained until it was time for the firworks to start. Last year the kids and I flew home on the 3rd and went from the airport strait to the fireworks in Willard. Peyton got so excited about them that she threw up on me....this year was the complete opposite. As soon as they started she turn and ran, she ran right into Wayne and practically climbed onto his head! He had to hold his hands over her ears and after awhile that wasnt good enough that she put his hands over her eyes. Course we were sitting right across the road from where they were launching them. I don't think she liked feeling the boom of the fireworks. Matt had a blast and said he loved the fireworks....as we were walking back to the car he said "wow mom that was so cool...now can we go see the fireworks?" Luckily there was the fireworks going at the Aloha Bowl as we were driving home. Both the kids thought that was cool to see.
Also at our fireworks show they had fireworks that spelled out USA if you could read upside down, sideways or backwards.



Playing with bubbles and a new friend



Her thoughts about having to put the bubbles away.


so we gave her an iphone to play with...then she was fine.

And of course Mason slept the whole time we were there.

We couldn't get Peyton to look away from the phone long enough for a picture so this was as good as we could do.