Fourth of July Late Post

I realize I am late at making my fourth of  July post that everyone else seemed to be right on schedule with. It would not be me if I did not swim with the rest of the fish. 

Around here in Arkansas we were under a personal fireworks ban. We are suffering from a drought and there have been many many fires across the state. It is a horrible sight here with all the trees losing leaves and our yards turning brown. Some places are also under a water usage watch. So that means no watering gardens and etc...

Thankfully where I am, the professional firework displays were not canceled so I was able to get the kids out for a show. 

Kids are waiting patiently for sundown!


Logan handled the fireworks like a champ. At first he did cry but no tears. Within five minutes he was calmed down and enjoyed the show himself. Because I was comforting him I handed the camera over to my 14 year old daughter. I put the camera on fireworks setting and here are some shots she captured, of course I did some editing.

The last shot is one of my favorites!

Springfield Weekend

I have not been as active on my blogging this week as I have been. I guess because I am recovering from a very very busy weekend in Springfield Missouri. It was my husbands mothers side of the families annual Fourth of July pick-nick. We attended the first year we were married but have been absent the past two years. Fortunately we made it again this time. It may have been hot but we enjoyed ourselves. It was not so bad under the tree in a shade. 

We never seen our kids it seems. They were off playing with water guns, taking a hay ride, driving the Mule or down at the river. Because of Logan being so young I stayed behind with him. We had a wonderful time.

The day before, we got to see our granddaughter in person for the first time. She is 3 weeks old! It was refreshing and made the whole trip worth it.

What is a trip to Springfield Missouri without a trip to Bass Pro Shop? Ugh not much. So of course we had to take the kids..LOL it was all for them!

After the family reunion I had a photo shoot! A guy my husband was good friends with back in his younger days. The shoot was with him and his family.

 Those are just two of my favorite shots from the shoot. 

On our way home we of course had to stop and take a few more snap shots. I do not have access to those at the moment because they are on my other laptop. I will be possibly sharing those with you as well in a later post! 

There was our busy weekend. Of course its been a busy week also. Resting up from the weekend, editing photos, fireworks show and I became ill on the holiday. Now I am better and back to the grind. 

Hope everyone had a happy and safe July 4th! Happy late Birthday America!!

Oh I am also linking up with Pixel Dust Photo Art for Photo Art Friday. This is the architectural edition, so here is my photo for that. Justin took the picture I edited it

Also Linking up with Light Photographs at Blissfully Domestic