Happy 4th of July

Our 4th of July celebration was postponed until the 7th of July. 

Although it is monsoon season, we rarely see rain.  However, the one main day we get

rain is on the day our town celebration was supposed to take place.  So, we were excited to

finally get our celebration, even if it was a few days late. 

The 4th of July has much more meaning for us now, especially Mom, since Michael serves our country in the US Navy.  We are so proud of him and are glad that he is doing his job to keep us safe and free.  It helps us to appreciate being a part of the military family in this country.

We started off the day with a huge waterfight.  We attempted to break the

Guiness Book of World Records for the World's largest Watergun Fight.  The record

was 3,400 people.  We ended up getting over 3,800 people, beating the record held by Thailand. 

The kids enjoyed spraying each other, but especially loved when the fire truck pulled up and the firemen sprayed the crowd with the fire hose.  They came back soaked, but laughing and happy.

This was a guy with a home-made glider.  He had a large fan attached to a seat,

run by a generator.  Very creative and fun to see him flying overhead.

We enjoyed dancing and listening to the music by an Arizona band, Rendezvous.  They were really good and entertaining.  After the band, we had the flag ceremony, followed by Laura Walsh singing the National Anthem.  Laura was Kellee's voice coach for awhile and now is on her way up in the country scene, opening for Miranda Lambert recently.  What a great voice!

Marshel and Kellee enjoyed all the junk food, especially the Cotton Candy.  Despite all the warnings not to lick their fingers, Kellee could not resist.  She and Marshel were a big sticky mess.

We got these cool Fireworks 3-D glasses, making for even better fireworks.  Mom prefers the traditional fireworks - pretty in their own right.

Can you tell Kellee took this picture?

Happy 4th of July everyone!