Celebrating the 4th on the 3rd

Every year Hideaway Lake has a big 4th of July celebration. This year they had all the festivities on the 3rd. There are fun activities all day long at the beach/pool area and then at night they have a boat parade with sky divers and fireworks. There were so many people there that parking was a nightmare!! We have some friends, The Bloomers, that live very close to the pool so we decided to park at their house. We were going to walk over to see the sky divers and parade and then come back to their house to watch the fireworks from their driveway. When we started down their driveway headed to the pool, we look up and see the sky divers on their way down. So, instead of making the trek to the beach, we just watched the sky divers from the driveway. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see them land on the beach or watch the boat parade, but I'm not sure we would have been able to see much anyway with all the people. So, we headed inside to cool off. The Bloomers were so nice and they cooked BBQ for us and two other couples. We had a great time and enjoyed spending time with great friends!! The fireworks were great and it was a great ending to such a great night! Thanks again to the Bloomers for allowing us to spend the holiday with you and your family!

Brianna played Twister with Camden and Claire while we waited for the fireworks.

Mr. Gandy and Carlyle
Mr. Bill holding Carlyle
Daddy and Carlyle
Carlyle watching the fireworks and eating marshmallows.
Carlyle enjoyed going from lap to lap to watch the fireworks...notice she is going to the men! This may pose a problem the older she gets:)
And the beautiful fireworks!!