Happy 4th of July!

We had a nice and relaxing 4th of July holiday. Since I was finally able to get out of the house for a while after having surgery, we started the day with a trip to the local putt-putt golf course. JD jr always has such a good time when we go, and this time was no different. After he finished all 18 holes, we took him inside to the arcade where he played skee-ball and a couple of other games and then got to pick out a couple of prizes with the tickets that he won (or I should say with the tickets that his Daddy helped him to win).

Later that day after lunch and naptime, we took JD to play at the McDonald's playground and then stopped to buy an assortment of fireworks to shoot in the backyard. As soon as we returned home, JD Sr went inside and returned with a lighter, and he and JD jr began launching one loud and smokey thing into the air after another.

Check out the picture in which both JD's are making a mad dash away from the sizzling rocket they had just ignited. By the way they ran in two different directions, you would have thought that they were working with TNT! Ha Ha!

JD jr was obviously delighted by the excitement of helping his daddy light the fireworks and then watching them explode overhead.

We hope you all had a great 4th of July as well, and we promise that no one, including animals, was injured in our backyard extravaganza!