THE 4TH OF JULY

AND ALL IT'S CELEBRATIONS.

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, THE FOURTH OF JULY AND FIREWORKS HAVE GONE TOGETHER.  MY FIRST MEMORY IS FROM WHEN I MUST HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT FOUR AND OUR FAMILY WENT TO (I THINK) LAKE MERRITT, IN OAKLAND, TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS.  AFTER THAT, AS A KID, I REMEMBER ALWAYS WAITING FOR IT TO GET DARK, SO WE COULD LIGHT THEM OFF OURSELVES.  WE EVEN HAD LOTS OF FIRECRACKERS THAT DADDY GOT SOMEWHERE.  THE TRADITION OF FIREWORKS WENT ON WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.  I REMEMBER STEVE'S SECOND FOURTH OF JULY, HE HID IN THE CAR WITH HIS HANDS OVER HIS EARS.  OH, AND THE YEAR WE WENT TO NEW JERSEY, AND BROUGHT FIREWORKS WITH US IN OUR LUGGAGE.  CAN YOU BELIEVE, WE GOT PERMISSION FROM THE AIRLINES. (TIMES HAVE CHANGED). SINCE JENNY'S HAD KIDS, HER AND MIKE HAVE HOSTED THE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS.  THEY HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS FROM JUST MIKE, JENNY, GABE AND US GRANDPARENTS, TO MORE FAMILY, FRIENDS,

AND FUN!

THERE'S THE SWIMMING

2009

2015

THE LATEST COUSIN, ELLE, WAS ADDED TO THE FUN THIS YEAR!

 THE EATING

2009

2015

2015

AND JUST PLAIN HANGING OUT 

AND HAVING FUN!

2010

2015

2O15

WE'RE READY!

2009
SOPHIA SPENT HER TIME ON PAPA'S LAP
WATCHING THE FIREWORKS.

2014
THE WHOLE FAMILY JOINED IN FOR
THE CELEBRATION THAT YEAR.


2015
WE'RE READY 

LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN!

2009
SAM

2009
GABE

2015
ELISE AND SOPHIA
ENJOY THE SPARKLERS.

2015
LOOKS LIKE UNCLE CRAIG,

SYDNEY AND ELISE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

2015
GO LIVVY GO!

2015

LEAVING YOUR NAME ON MIKE AND JENNY'S STREET SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME PART OF THE TRADITION.  WITH THE LACK OF WATER THIS YEAR, I BET IT'LL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

2015
SYD

ELISE

THIS YEAR SOPHIA ADDED ELLE.

 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A 

GRAND FINALE

 2015

AND THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO!

2015

 ADD A LITTLE BIT OF WHIP CREAM FUN,

JUST BECAUSE

 AND THIS FAMILY HAD ANOTHER

FOURTH OF JULY TO REMEMBER!

TIL NEXT YEAR,
THANKS LOERA FAMILY
FOR ALL THAT FUN!!!