So not even 24 hours after arriving back in Seattle, it was time to celebrate the 4th of July – or, as it is known over at the lake, the "Who has more fireworks" competition.  🙂  We went to A.J.’s dad’s house on Lake Serene (in the Lynnwood area) and spent a nice morning and afternoon playing outside – there was ping pong, basketball (with games of both "HORSE" and "JILL" :-)), kayaking, and swimming in the lake on the "Oasis Island" of fun.  This first picture is me with a braided water lily boquet that A.J. picked and braided for me.

These are some of the "getting ready for fireworks" pictures.  Chris has a propane torch that he and A.J. used for lighting off the massive show Al had stored up for the night.  There’s also a picture of some of the fireworks… just SOME, beause there were SO many more than what you see here.  It was really an amazing night – and a LOT of fun.

This last picture is me with a glow stick headband – also very fun.  Next year we will have a lot more glow sticks on hand for our audience to enjoy.  (FYI Mom, these were the glow sticks that A.J. got for us to use in St Louis that we kept forgetting to pull out.)