Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th of July Fun

We celebrated the 4th of July at Fort Hood's "Freedomfest" this year. They had a bunch of arts and crafts and rides and everything set up on base, and Dierks Bentley performed, too. Brian and I are embarrassed to admit we had no idea who he was, but he put on a good show! We couldn't really see much of it from where we were sitting, but the music was great. Chase loved it, and I have an adorable video of him jammin' to one of his tunes. It's too big to download here, though, so I'll just give you a little taste. This is a video of him showing off his moves earlier in the evening (to the tune of the little voices in his head, apparently):

He got to "drive" another fire truck, which he loved:

When we found the perfect fireworks viewing spot, Chase played ball with Dad for a bit:

Do you see that cooler the girls behind him are getting into? Chase liked the looks of it, too:

(Yes, I did take a picture of my son stealing ice from someone else's cooler... but in my defense, Dad was already on his way to get him!)

We tried to get a couple cute pics of us together, but bless my son's heart, he just does not do well for the camera. This is what happened when I said, "Chase, smile!" (click on the photo for a better view):

At least he didn't yell at me this time (he usually screams at me when I try to take his picture). Oh, and the fact that Brian had just finished a blue snow cone really adds to the picture's charm.

I have to laugh at this next one, because it looks like Brian is some kind of alien, about to suck Chase's brain out of his skull or something:

I have no idea what he was actually doing at that moment!

Anyway, here's the attempt at a photo with me:

I, too, had just finished a blue snow cone, but I was wise enough to dip my head down a little, so as not to advertise it in the photo (having photographer parents has taught me these little tricks, you know).

After all that fun, it was time for fireworks. Chase LOVED them. I bet he said, "I like that one!" about a thousand times.

It was a really good fireworks show overall.

More photos of our evening are in our Photo Album if you're interested!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

love that last photo of him. Glad he enjoyed the fireworks. We didn't make it to any this year...kids didn't nap during the day so they all were tired and ready for bed long before anything began. Oh well...Sarah is terrified of loud noises so I don't think she'd have liked them yet anyways!

Sandy K. said...

So cute...and fun. When you want him to smile at you, just ask him a silly question. Sometimes that works. Or make a funny face:). On the other hand, it's part of the age and everyone should have a few scrapbook pages with these types of looks. We do! Imagine that:).

Holly Nelson said...

Whenever I try to get a picture of the kids and I it looks like I'm going to eat them, too. And I almost never have a blue mouth, it's just the way the picture ends up looking.

And that cheesy grin? I know I've seen that face some where..... I just can't put my finger on it..... Oh, yeah. I'm thinking from his mama!

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