Fourth of July Prep

as we just arrived home friday about noonish, we needed to get started on preperations for our fourth of july party the next day. i know, who plans to go out of town right before hosting a party? apparently, i do... saturday morning was more of the same prep work, followed by a trip to walmart, and more prep work. it wasn't all that bad though, cuz we had lots of hands pitching in to help, so it went fairly quickly and smoothly. 5 pm rolled around and guests began to arrive. we were almost ready, which is a triumph for us as we are never on time. the pools were set up and filled with water, the shade was set above the bigger of the pools and the food was mostly all prepped. all the kids had a blast (as far as i know) playing in the water and a few of the adults got in too. i was even able to step in for a couple minutes here and there. later that evening we decided to drive to calipat to see their fireworks display and set off some fireworks of our own. we missed the city fireworks, but we were able to set off our own safely and legally (mostly). all in all, it was a successful gathering. (i think) :)