Friday, July 4, 2008

Happy Birthday, America!

Happy 4th of July!!!
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Tonight, Abby invited some friends to go to Rice Lake with us to watch fireworks to celebrate America's birthday. Austin went with his friends to a party at a friend's house, and Andrew went with Isaiah to another friend's house for a Fourth of July party. We all had fun nights!
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Sara, Max, and Abby waiting for the fireworks to begin.Once again, the City of Rice Lake had an awesome fireworks show. Here are a few of the sights we saw tonight on the shores of Rice Lake...

























Abby and Sara watching the show...

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Abby, Sara, and Max
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Unfortunately, not everyone likes fireworks. Poor Jack ran for the basement early this afternoon when the first of the firecrackers could be heard in the neighborhood. When we got home, Jamie had to search for him, as he was hiding from the noise. He made a brief pit-stop outside with a lot of encouragement, and then made a B-line for the basement again. When I went down to check on him, this is what I found...
This is Jack's favorite hiding place when there are storms, or like today, fireworks! He hides between the toilet and the wall and sticks his head behind the toilet! I had just walked in and turned on the light, and he peeked up at me over the rim of the toilet--that's our Jack!!!
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Hoping you all had a GREAT Fourth of July!
Happy Birthday, America!

2 comments:

Pat said...

We were talking to Shane & Maite when we heard the fireworks in Wabasha....but I couldn't see them.

Looks as if the girls were enjoying them and that the weather turned to the cool side or the mosquitoes were bothering them.

The Dorwin's said...

The athletic skill in your family is amazing. It is fun to see the kids grow up and do so well in their sports & academics. One more week of baseball????