Fireworks at night

Many of you already know the 4th of July is my brother's favorite holiday. As kids we used to ride our bikes around the neighborhood the next day, collecting all the fireworks on the ground. Aaron would then take all the left-over gun powder and mortars and make his own. Before he could drive, he used to ride his bike all the way over to Washington and buy all the airborne fireworks that are illegal in Oregon. Then when he got a car...and was earning more money...let's just say he probably kept some of those stands across the river in business!
We started off the night with the kids throwing pop-its everywhere.

Here is Aaron's scaled back contribution. This is about one half of what he usually gets, but he is saving his money for guitar making supplies.

Here is half the crew...the others are sitting on the lawn.

The kids liked the sparklers...

Hayden kept saying "wow!" over and over. After the fireworks were done we all made smores by the fire (not caused by the fireworks!)