life, liberty, and the pursuit of a big "bang"

this year for the 4th, we did what we normally do. we blew some junk up. except we got a little more creative this time. instead of investing our hard earned "dollas" at the fireworks stand on those cheap cardboard thingamagigs with firecrackers sticking out the back, we took a little trip to the local dollar general. we bought some toy boats, some orange plastic cones, and a few other things:


then we headed to val's for some homemade slip'n slide fun and what else.... that's right, you guessed it (well, some of you probably did anyway)... crawfish. i mean.. 4th of july without crawfish is like bread without butta'

here's some photos from the day:

brandi and taylor acting silly


let the sliding commence-






taylor thought i was a surfboard, apparently


mmmm... crawfish


icky fingers


benji sucking the heads (eeeewww)


val getting ready to bust into that capri sun


dad's still hungry


..... and now... onto the blowing stuff up section of this post..

taylor and her sparkler


fireworks that explode underwater??? um... heck yeah!


matt hopping around in front of a firework that acts like a strobe light


.... and what happens when you strap an artillery shell to a plastic boat??


that's right. ... "kaboom"

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and in the words of daffy duck-
"goodbye folkttthhh"