My 4th Of July

The picture above was taken by me the morning of the 4Th. Every year a real estate company gives out these little flags to everyone in my neighborhood and this is what our street looked like. I thought it looked awesome so I took a picture or it =)

As the Holiday weekend comes to a close I thought I would blog about how my 4Th of July was. I actually had a pretty nice time. The day started with my mom and I cleaning up the back yard a bit as there were a few things that needed hauling out, like two old BBQ's from like the early 80's and some old toys my brothers use to play with as kids. Why we save this kind of junk is a big mystery to me, lol. I then set up and cleaned out my daughters big pool. My mom bought it for her a couple of years ago. It's one of those big round 12 X 30in pools with a filter pump and is approximately 3 feet deep. It's a pretty good size. I bought one of those inflatable floating lounge chairs and I can lay on it and float around all over. It's quite nice. So I cleaned it out with bleach and set it up in the back yard for my friend Lorraine's girls to swim in, they were coming over later for the BBQ. I filled it up and then went to Walmart to get the chemicals it needs to keep it nice and clean. My friend came over with her 4 girls and my mom and I barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs. My mom made her famous potato salad, and man was it delicious. We also had baked beans and corn on the cob. For dessert we had strawberry shortcake. The girls went swimming and had a blast. It was so nice to visit with my friend Lorraine. My sweetheart Natalie was at her dad's, so she wasn't there to enjoy the BBQ or go swimming =( she is over there for the remainder of the summer. So after we finished our dessert and the girls went swimming at around 5:00pm my mom and I went to visit my brother in the hospital. He is still at UC Irvine in Orange, CA. We all had a great visit. He is doing much better and is getting to come home tomorrow afternoon. Thank God. After our visit ended at 8:00PM, my mom and I went over to my brother and sis-in-laws house to wait for the Disneyland fireworks show to begin. My brother lives near Disneyland and from his roof top of the parking structure of his condo you can actually see the top of the Matterhorn Mountain. My brother lives down the street from the Block at Orange on Chapman. At around 8:45pm my mom and I trekked it up to the roof top and actually caught the fireworks show from Anaheim Stadium. The stadium is like right near my brother's condo too. It was pretty cool and at about 9:20pm the Disneyland fireworks show started. There were a lot of people on the roof top with us so it was a very festive mood. I really enjoyed myself. I love fireworks. There is just something about the big, spectacular, explosions of color and sparks that makes me HAPPY. At one point I looked straight up into the sky and said to my husband "Hope you are enjoying the fireworks from your view in Heaven honey". I got emotional but all in all it was a very beautiful fireworks show. I know my hubby was watching it right along with my mom and I. After the fireworks we went home and that is how I spent my 4Th of July 2008. I am so glad I decided not to stay in bed for the 4TH. Hope you all had an awesome day.