We hung out with the neighbors.

Great food.

Ladder Golf and Cornhole.

Sparklers, firecrackers, fireworks and a bizarre Chinese lantern.

Beer, alcohol infused sweet tea, pina coladas and a few shots of tequila, okay, a lot of shots of tequila.

The kids had fun playing with their friends.

One by one they went to bed, starting with Alex and ending with Katie.

We moved the party to the Withrow’s backyard

Brian left after 1am as he had to be up early for a meeting.

I stumbled arrived home around 3am.

Saturday

I awoke to my head spinning.

I slept in until I absolutely had to get up from bed.

Ice water became my best friend.

I talked to the neighbors.

I lounged around a lot.

At the last minute I we decided to go to the Dublin Fireworks.

Packed everything up.

Grabbed some Benny’s Cheesesteaks for us and Wendy’s for the kids.

Got a great parking spot.

Got a great area on the grass in the shade in perfect viewing area of the future festivities.

We listened to Kenny Loggins play live.

Kids went on 7 jumpies.

Got tattoos and face painting.

Brian got us funnel cake.

Then the kids ran amok until it was time to watch the show.

The fireworks were absolute amazing!

We got to our van quickly and made our way out pretty fast as well.

We will definitely be getting those spots again!!

Sunday

We slept in until 11am.

Got ourselves together and left for the Hilliard Parade at 1:55.

Parade started at 2:00 and I wasn’t sure exactly where it ended.

We made it to the end of the parade route with plenty of time to spare.

Got some Taco Bell and waited.

Kids got loads of candy.

We went home.

Alex took a nap.

The girls went and played with the neighbor kids.

Brian did work.

I did editing on our cell group video.

We went to Agape Fellowship’s 4th of July Tailgating party.

Got a nice spot in the shade.

Were joined by the Olson’s.

Had free hotdogs, popcorn, popsicles and pop.

Played some cards, sevens.

Kids ran free and had fun with a soccer ball.

Then came the sparklers.

All the kids got excited, including Alex who had done some Friday night with no problems.

Alex did his second sparkler.

He started trying to grip it with both hands and was being erratic.

I got his hands away.

I accidentally grabbed the sparkling end of the sparkler.

My pointer finger and thumb were charred.

I showed Brian and he told me to get it on ice.

I ran to the free drinks and stuck my hand in the ice water.

They gave me a huge chunk of ice and a cup.

I whimpered as we watched the fireworks.

My fingers were on fire if they were not gripping ice or submerged in ice water.

For the second time this weekend ice water had become my best friend.

I had it submerged until 1am.

Then I alternated between a bag of ice as I was trying to sleep to dunking it in the cup of ice water next to my bed.

I woke up to barely any burning.

Swollen fingers.

Three things I learned this weekend:

1. Tequila shots are not a good idea.

2. Skin continues to burn after initial contact.

3. Ice water is an amazing cure for many things!

]]> http://mayangelstar.com/2010/07/05/july-4th-weekend-or-ice-water-became-my-best-friend/feed/ 3 http://mayangelstar.com/2009/07/06/4th-of-july/ http://mayangelstar.com/2009/07/06/4th-of-july/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:17:35 +0000 Veronica http://mayangelstar.com/?p=1701 We did the parade in Dublin with my parents, Dwight, Aunt Freda and Uncle Rick and Aunt Eileen and Uncle Dave. We were all in Philly’s gear. It was sweet!

Spent the afternoon at the parent’s. Kids went swimming in the baby pool. Video of Alex doing that.

Aunt Eileen and Uncle Dave gave the kids some Phillie’s gear! Alex got a hat that was absolutely adorable, but would not keep it on his head.

Headed over to the festivities that Dublin had going on. Boyz to Men followed up by The 4 Tops. Lots of giant inflatables for the girls to play on. Video of them doing the Boulderdash.

I stood in line for over an hour to get funnel cake. The fireworks started just as I received ours and there were about 50 people still in line behind me. It was worth it though, so tasty!

Fireworks were amazing, like always. Dublin does it right. Though they might want to get 3 funnel cake vendors next year, instead of 1!