Happy 4th of July!!

The 4th of July was really low-key, to be honest. Jason worked until 6 pm at the Prison, so I hung out with HAL for the morning and day, as per usual. When Jason got home, we went over to Heather's house for a few minutes, and then picked up some KFC to take to the fireworks. My mom was a star, and took Hazen, because there is no doubt that he would not have handled all of the noise well. He's slightly sensitive to noise, and something as loud as fireworks would not have gone over well!



We met up with Emily, who had placed our blankets earlier in the afternoon. It was a nice change from San Ramon, where you have to park 40 hours away, and you're fighting with everyone and their dogs to get a good seat. We literally were no more than 100 yards away from the site that they set the fireworks off from! We had KFC and ate it on our picnic blanket. The bright KFC associate forgot to give us utensils, so we had to rip up boxes to eat our cole slaw and potatoes. It was overcast and there was a slight wind, which was a really nice departure from the sweltering heat we've been having.



When it finally got dark, all was dark, and then suddenly, we saw a line of firefighters walk up wearing their new turnouts, and the crowd went wild. Even though Jason wasn't up there this year (he came home from work instead of going to fireworks training, that jerk wife of his...), I couldn't be prouder of him. He has those turnouts. He works there, too. What a stud.
The Fireworks were awesome! We were so close, and we were dodging debris the whole time! So much fun!.