The 4th of July is totally lame out here in PA.  Each year I am more and more disappointed by the lack of fun for my FAVORITE holiday.  Especially when I hear about all the AWESOMENESS going on in Blanding...THE BEST PLACE TO BE ON THE 4TH OF JULY!

This year the 4th was on a Sunday, which made things even more complicated.  Some members in our ward had a get together on Saturday night at their farm.  It was a lot of fun being with friends and Nash and Darin enjoyed looking for frogs by the pond.  I enjoyed watching them do this from a safe distance.  You never know what those creepy things will do! ;)  Darin had to work that night at 11pm so we stayed long enough to do sparklers and then headed home.  Nash loved the sparklers!  

The fun of the evening must have been too much for the little guy because Nash decided to NOT go to bed that night.  Yep we had another weekend of NO SLEEP!  Therefore I boycotted church the next day because, well going to church with a cranky 2 year old and tired mother do not mix.  So we stayed home, and Nash refused to take a nap that day too so yippee for us we had an AWESOME day of being zombies.  

Later that evening some resident friends that live close by had a bbq.  The meal was yummy and the company was fun!  

We have two new resident families in our ward.  The Smith's are ER residents for the other hospital St. Lukes (but we forgive them.) ;)  And the Gilstrap's are plastic surgery residence at Lehigh Valley.  Andrea Gilstrap's brother is married to Stacie Arthur, who grew up in Blanding and was my roommate for a short time.  (small world!)   We joined these two fun families for the "Breinigsville Independence Day Firework Spectacular!"  This is held only 2 miles from our home. We found a space in a empty field near the park and enjoyed the RANDOM mix of music ranging from a beautiful melody of "Oh Beautiful" to ACDC's song "Thunder!"  It was pretty impressive how they choreographed the explosions to the music.  Not to shabby!  

Nash had a ton of fun running around before the fireworks started.  Sadly this year he was not a fan of the loud noises.  So he sat on my lap with my hands over his ears.  Until our NO sleep boy zonked out... 

This is the ONLY sleep he got that night!  WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!  We are finally back on a normal sleeping schedule, although bedtime is a little later then I would like and but he is taking his 2 - 3 hour naps again! YEAH!

It was a very strange 4th of July weekend but a memorable one for sure.  I am once again SO grateful for the people around us that make Pennsylvania feel like home.