Fourth of July Celebration

We were so glad to be invited over to our good friend, the Henry's, house for the Fourth of July. They had a lovely cookout with lots of friends, fellowship and most importantly FIREWORKS! When we got there, the kids were playing on the slip-n-slide and pool, having the time of their lives. Soon, however, the fireworks began and Grant was anything but happy. We ended up having to leave before they really even got started and take Grant home to his bed. The poor kid was terrified and just cried the whole time. To spare our friends the misery of listening to a screaming child, we decided it was best to just take them home and watch them in our back yard while the kids slept snugly in their beds. Hopefully he won't be so scared next year!

It took great coaxing to get Grant to even hold the sparklers. Finally he did and appeared to even enjoy it! Moments after this picture was taken, a loud firework was sent off, Grant screamed and threw the flaming sparkler! I rushed over to stomp the fire out of the grass, and held poor, shaking Grant in my lap with my hands over his ears for the rest of the evening...Luckily, the sparkler didn't hit anyone!