Every year since we moved to New York we have gone to see the Independence Day concert and fireworks at the Trophy Point Amphitheater at West Point. This year it happen to fall on the 4th of July. It has taken us two years to learn were you want to sit and we didn’t want to end up watching the fireworks through the trees again so we went to the concert 5 hours early. It was very busy this year so we ended up on a rather steep hill. (We learned that you need to go spread a blanket the night before.) We still had a great view of the concert and fireworks. It was a little hard on the kids so the girls played in a little spot in front of us until the concert started. They put on another great concert followed by a fantastic fireworks display over the Hudson. We got two for one this year because in the background across the river we got to watch another fireworks display. It was a fitting backdrop for the West Point Concert and fireworks display. The kids had fun picnicking, sliding down the hill and eating too much food (which they paid for later). Kate drove us crazy being the busy 2 year old. She had fun being chased around, and digging in the dirt until the fireworks started. She is not fond of the loud booms (I have to admit that is my favorite part of fireworks. The louder the better). She spent most of the display with her hands on her ears or hiding under the blanket. She refused to watch any of them even the ones across the river. Chris had fun playing with our new camera. I think he took over 200 pictures. Claire slept through the whole thing after a long day and when it was finally over we quickly walked to our car and were able to escape the traffic. After a few u turns, one bloody nose, and 2 car sick girls we made it home in time to clean up and go to bed. I am not sure it was a restful holiday weekend but we had a good time.
We wish we could have slept in but today but we had to get up and take the boys to Scout camp. So this morning we took the whole family up to Ten Mile Rive and hang out for a little while before leaving the boys and returning home. They were not sad to see us leave though I am happy Mason will still give us a hug goodbye. It will be strange to only have four kids at home for a week. There will be no time for rest this week as we get ready for our trip to Utah. I decided to make dresses for the girls. (What was I thinking! I remember you cant find any cute dresses out here.) We also have to take Chris’s bass in for some work, pick up the boys from camp and a million other things. But life wouldn’t be fun if I didn’t have my family to keep me busy. If you want to see some more of Chris’s shots from the fourth click here.
