Our 4th of July

Our fourth of July started out awesome!  We got to sleep in and the sun was shining.  And just like every year, we go to my parents house and eat some delicious food!  This year we had grilled chicken, italian sausage, arroz con gandules, potato salad, and guacamole.  A little bit of everything!  All made courtesy of my amazing and talented mother!!  Then after the food has settled a bit we have some watermelon and melon.  Its just not 4th of July without watermelon!  Later on we head out to Winter Springs Central Winds Park for their fireworks show.  The City of Winter Springs puts on a great event.  There are lots of vendors with good food!  They have live music and stuff for the kids to do too.  Well true to Florida weather it started raining at about 6 pm.  Fireworks were scheduled for 9, but it looked like we weren't going to get to go.  But then at about 8 pm I noticed the rain had stopped.  So we quickly gathered everything and everyone up and headed out!  After parking and schlepping chairs, strollers, and kids we made it with like 10 minutes to spare.  We got ourselves a great spot and enjoyed a great fireworks show!  One of the things I love about that show is they play music along with the fireworks.  I always get teary-eyed when they play "I'm Proud to be an American" and "America the Beautiful" by Ray Charles.  It touches my patriotic side!  This was also Liam's first 4th so I was excited to see his reaction.  He actually didn't do too bad.  He was scared and clingy at first, but after a few minutes he got used to it and relaxed and was enjoying the lights.  By the end he was clapping.  :)  All in all it was a good day!  Oh wait… lets not talk about the hour that we sat around in the car waiting to exit the parking lot… yeah… lets not talk about that.  ;)

Our 4th of July pictures.