How was your 4th?

I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July! ours was pretty good! My parents were over here for part of the day (they came in on the 3rd). So we got to spend some time with them. They left around 3 pm. Jesse & I had no idea where we were taking the girls to see fireworks as this is our first year over here. We ended up going over to Maggie Valley. Oh my gosh that place was packed! Every hotel had no vacancy. Cars everywhere. People in chairs lining in the streets and at the festival grounds. We parked & walked around. We didn't bring any chairs so in the end, we decided to watch the fireworks from our van (yes I said van! We got a decent deal on a used Toyota Previa so now I have something to drive when I need to run errands and Jesse doesnt have to take a day or half day off to chauffer me around. yay!). The fireworks were long. LOL. Jesse & I laughed that it was the never ending fireworks display. Then the finale came and it was the never ending finale! Then afterwards when people were leaving, I guess they had a few they forgot to shoot up, so they did those. It was hilarious! The girls loved them this year. I have some video (very dark so you cant see the girls but you can hear their 'wow's!). Even little miss Emmalyn was mesmerized she just laid in my lap staring up at the sky watching them! Now for some pics!