We spent the weekend before the 4th up at the cabin for their Fourth of July Celebration. We have decided to make this a yearly tradition. The family games are so much fun, especially the volleyball and three-legged race. This year for the kids they had a donut dangle, where you try to eat the donut without your hands. And they also had a treasure hunt. They buried gems, dinosaurs, and arrowheads in the sand pit at the playground and turned the kids loose. We came in second in the golf cart decoration contest. We lost to the cart that turned their cart into Uncle Sam, with a huge hat on top and an adorable face. My favorite part is the fireworks show. I love it because it's a great show, we can easily get great spots without being crowded, and we can get home in two minutes afterwards! The kids did not fall asleep during the fireworks this year. Kelly had gotten glowsticks for each of the kids, and Serenity's was a wand with a star on top. She said she was a night light fairy and kept waving her magic wand. Each time a firework went off she'd say, "my spell worked!" She loved the ones that were all glittery, which were also my favorite. (Partially because they are beautiful, partially because they are quiet.) Donovan was fascinated too, and even said "Firework!" Mike heard him too =) Mike is a special favorite of Donovan's, he snuggled with him nicely when I was gone for awhile at the games.
