4th of July in Nebraska

We love all the fun things that come with celebrating the 4th of July in Nebraska, like a cookout. We joined Troy's parents at the Fontenelle Hills neighborhood picnic. What did Julia eat? Even though all the food on her plate is usually Julia-approved, she only ate chips. And she drank Capri Sun.

Evelyn devoured everything on her plate, especially since she knew chocolate cake was waiting for her.

Then we headed over to my parents' house to do fireworks. My mom had bought snappers for the girls; Evelyn preferred the "bombs away" method to get the little guys to snap and pop.

Evelyn also did some sparklers on her own. After it got darker, we did small, festive fireworks like fountains and ground flowers. All things we can't do back home in Maryland, and all things Evelyn loved. (Julia, by the way, had to go to bed early tonight, so we saved some fireworks to do with her another day.)