Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July! This year we spent our 4th in Rapids. We saw Shaylyn Matthews (Gildenzoph) and her husband, Jared Matthews. She is very pregnant and due the day before my birthday! We also saw Lauren's exchange student, Venessa, along with tons of other crapids 'creatures.'

Jacob and his friend Joel rediscovered Sparkler Bombs. Jacob and his friends used to try to make these when they were younger. Well they finally worked! The internet suggested taping 80-100 sparklers together and then taping them to propane tanks. Luckily for me my husband decided to use only 6 and see what happened with JUST 6 of them here. The video doesn't really capture the rattling of the windows in the house we were at!