4th of July

So, we didn't have many plans for the 4th of July this year. We had Joni and Larry over for dinner the night before. Our neighbors surprised us when they started shooting fireworks in their backyard. They were actually pretty good ones too. The girls got really excited and were yelling and screaming. At one point they asked if the girls were OK because they couldn't tell if they were having fun or were scared. It was nice to just sit outside and enjoy the nice weather and hang out. No pressure. Then the next day we didn't really do anything in particular. I think I went to the grocery store. I can't even remember at this point. But we wanted to do something so we decided to go to downtown Franklin and get ice cream at Baskin Robbins and then take it to the Rec. Center. The girls could play on the playground and we would be able to see the Franklin fireworks from there. Well, when we got to Baskin Robbins our plans changed. They were having "Franklin on the 4th" in downtown. They have venders on the main street downtown and other attractions going on too. The petting zoo, pony rides and bungee jumping were all right in front of Baskin Robbins. That is not where they were last year. So, as soon as the girls saw that they started begging. We let them feed the petting zoo animals and then they each did the bungee jumping thing. I actually would have liked to do the bungee. It looked really fun. It was a little expensive though. By the time we got into Baskin Robins it was 8:20pm. We thought fireworks would start at 9pm. I'm positive that is when they were last year. But this year the rain was coming. At 8:25pm the fireworks started. We couldn't really see them from where we were so we hopped in the car and headed for the Rec. Center. Grace started realizing that we weren't going to play on the playground and then see the fireworks and she started crying. We pulled into a bank parking lot to see about the last 3 minutes of the fireworks and to get rained on. Grace cried the whole time! What a lovely way for finish the evening. At least the ice cream was good!