4th of July on the 3rd

We were invited to go to Stone Mountain with some church friends for the 4th of July fireworks and laser show. The show is going on Friday, Saturday AND Sunday evenings this weekend. We were glad we decided to go to the Friday show. We didn't have to worry about being out late and trying to get up early for church. And boy, were we out late! The show ended around 10:30. We got to the van at 10:50 and waited about 10 minutes before getting in line to get out of the park. It was after midnight when we got home.

We'd been to Stone Mountain several times, but we had never stayed for the laser show. We were warned about some Southern...uh, propaganda in the laser show and it wasn't a joke. There was no doubt we were in the South. It's supposed to be the world's longest running laser show and it was pretty good. But the fireworks were fan-tabulous!

My beautiful Abbi

My handsome boys

The Evans Girls

The Evans Men

I asked Abbi to take a picture of Jon and I. Just as she was pushing the button, 6 year-old Ethan walked by and we both started laughing. Ethan's mom, Dana, stopped just in time. Since my camera has such a long delay, Abbi got this shot right after Ethan passed and right before Dana was about to. I love it!

Above - Caleb and Ethan wrestling around. We got to the park shortly after 5:00 and the show didn't start until 9:30, so the kids got pretty restless waiting. At one point the kids made up a human ring-toss game with the glow-sticks Caroline brought for everyone.
Below - the kids found a cool rock wall to climb on.
The four moms thought it would be great to gather the kids for a photo. This is probably the best shot we got (thanks, Natalie). It was quite comical trying to get them all to be still and focus.