July the Fourth

Hello to all bloggy friends!! 

Here are some pictures from the Fourth of July. We went to Battle Creek to watch the hot air balloon show, then to Coldwater for fireworks!! We had lots of fun, and stuffed ourselves with burnt peanuts and Smarties! (a Kunkel must-have for fireworks!) 

 The hot air balloons were amazing to watch, and we were able to get really close to the launching "spot" 

 We kinda found this sign funny! Then the guy below, Dad nicknamed him "The Mad Scientist" 

He just seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing. 

 And the lime green socks were funny too! 

It took about 25 minutes from start untill they were in the air!

Hot air balloons were discovered in France in 1783.
(Just so you know) 

 Balloons can be 100 feet tall! 

The fireworks were very fun!

But very hard to take pictures of! 

And some more balloons!

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

Psalm 8:1

(AND, just so you know, 30 years ago on July 4th, my Dad and Mom had their first date. Awww.)

(: 

And are living happily ever after. 

~Emily