Fourth of July Fun

We had a busy but fun Fourth of July Weekend. We headed across the mountain on Friday to shoot fireworks with Tom, Ethan, Aleigh, and Mathew. Abby had loads of fun playing with her cousins and shooting the "up and downs" with them.

The Puckett girls must stay together! Abby and Aleigh played
supervisors while the boys shot fireworks. Mathew was excited to
shoot off bottle rockets and help with the bigger ones later on in the evening.


Ethan was fired up all evening.
He was great at entertaining Abby with
his bottle rocket skills.

Though Abby didn't get to play with fire,

she did get to pick out her favorites for Daddy
to shoot off for her. These huge sparklers were
second only to the artillary shells that we shot
after the sun went down.



Watching the bottle rocket zoom!


Then, it was time for a light all-American
snack before dinner. Though you can't tell from the
look on her face, she loved the corn dog and ketchup.

I didn't bring out the camera for the greater Piedmont area display put on by Uncle Tom, Daddy, Mathew, and Ethan. You will have to trust me that we had a blast (no pun intended). Abby loved the colors and bright lights (and staying up late). We had the traditional Tom Puckett Breakfast Feast the next morning before heading back to Asheville that afternoon. Once home, we quickly unpacked and headed over to Russ and Stephanie's for a cookout. We enjoyed meeting Steph's parents, and, of course, Abs loved playing with Sophie and William. After dinner, we all loaded up to watch Asheville's fireworks display. We parked behind the Lowe's shopping center, which had a great view. Again, I did not get the camera out for the big blasts. It was really beautiful. Abby, though, was getting tired and was just as excited about the plane circling the area than the beautiful fireworks exploding in front of her.

Abby and Sophie sat at a safe distance. . .


while the guys checked out the cliff where we were set up.
The drop-off was scary, but the view was perfect.