The Bates Family
Allen, Leah, Brookelyn, & Braedyn

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th! Of course, in true Bates' tradition, Allen took the kids to pick out all sorts of fireworks. Thank goodness we live just outside the city limits!

Here are Brookelyn and Sashi right before the fun started.

Can you tell Brookelyn is excited?

Braedyn loved his little snap-pops. He would throw them on the ground and the step on them. Everytime they popped he was so proud of himself!

Can you tell how thrilled he was?! (As a side note, I think he looks just like his Uncle Jamie in this picture!)


Allen got the kids these big smoke sticks. They made a TON of thick smoke. A HIT!

B-Man loved holding the fireworks!

After all the excitement, Braedyn needed a quick rest...on TOP of Honey!

Here is Brookelyn with a HUGE sparkler!

And, Braedyn loved shooting off the roman candles (not dangerous at all for a two year old, right?)!

What a wonderful 4th of July! The kids can't wait to do more fireworks--really Allen can't wait even more than them!



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