Sidewalk of Fire

At the request of Chase and James, we hosted the second annual Sidewalk of Fire Thursday night. Chases' grandparents and dad came through again with LOTS of fireworks. =)

We started the night again with a BBQ and the kids could hardly wait for the adults to get to the real point of the night: not chit-chat, just fireworks! The kids are all getting old enough we let most of them do the lighting with adult supervision from the lawn chairs. From the photos below you can tell it's really a street of fire, but "Sidewalk of Fire" just sounds cooler.

The kids getting ready to go to work with a bang: (back) Isobell, Mason, Dillon, Evan, Chase, Josh, Chase, and (front) Emily, Brooke, James, Abbi

James and Chase planing strategy for the next to be lit while sparks shower to the right.

And of course, a fireworks celebration wouldn't be complete without a sparker, or two.

And, just to show how close we stick to tradition, we swept all the fireworks out of the road to the gutter and soaked them with water from the hose. And, then, I picked it all up and put it in the garbage early the next morning. I would have more photos, but I haven't spent enough quality time with my camera to have mastered taking photos when it gets really dark outside, so, yea, you don't get to see how the big finale went, but trust me, it was IMPRESSIVE. Be sure to put the third of July, 2009 on your calendar right now and plan to join us next year!