independence

(please tell me that's the garden hose.)

John Adams on Independence Day:

“It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

What?  Independence Day doesn't inspire you to take a bubble bath with your cousin in your clothes?

Weird.

I wish I was kidding when I tell you the kids threw and popped 2,000 POPS.

Two-thousand!

Every year Stick comes home from the store and tells me, "I may have gone a little extreme on the fireworks this year."

And, I groan.

Yes, there were a LOT.

Yes, they took FOREVER.

Yes, the kids loved every single minute of it.

Why yes, those are dryer sheets clothes pinned to their shirts...

Didn't you hear dryer sheets are the new must have accessory?

They also double as mosquito repellent.

I haven't been bit in years thank to my trusty dryer sheets.

Although it may be debated that the mosquitos are staying away out of the fear of being seen next to such goofiness.

Either way, we're covered!