Happy New Year (redneck style)!

Paul's superintendent was nice enough to let us come and light off our fireworks in his back yard since we don't have one (well, we do, but it's quite a drive north). When we got there they had 2 pickup trucks backed up to the fire.



Here's our nice warm bonfire complete with wood pallets for fuel. It was pretty cozy and a nice way to keep from freezing (yes, it's actually chilly here right now).



If you look closely at this picture then you will see that the kiddos did not enjoy the loud fireworks. I think we were too close for Lana and Tanner just sat in my arms and whimpered until he fell asleep. (It was pretty late.)














You know, living in the south you can get some pretty awesome fireworks.



It took a little creativity to get Lana to play with the sparklers. They had to be Tinkerbell wands.

All in all it was a good new years. Dave came down and Paul almost burned off 2 of his fingers lighting off fireworks. Good times!