An important 4th

Last night was our first 4th of July with our Green Cards in hand. So it was an important one. We had our closest friends over, had a nice meal and lit off some fireworks in the front cul de sac.

L was, of course, loving every second of it. Running around with his friends, swimming and loving the fireworks. E ended up with industrial ear phones on to block the noise. She fell asleep with her fingers in her ears. Not crazy about the noise! But she woke up this morning talking about how pretty the fireworks were. She said "It made a noise like this..." then she screamed and yelled "BOOM!".

Lynette gave me a mini album with messages from all of our friends to celebrate our Green Cards. Very pretty, creative and thoughtful.