Independance Day Fun!

Out in our neck of the woods the city puts on a free fireworks show on the 3rd of July every year. It is held at the Phoenix International Raceway and is pretty neat. The first year I was here I was confused as to the date but I guess there are so many cities close by on the 4th doing fireworks shows that some cities opt to do it the day before. At any rate we went to this year's Rev, White and Boom event featuring classic cars, water slides, rides, and local businesses. It wasn't 117 like last year so the girls avoided getting heat stroke.
I decided to do some face painting before we left.

Everyone but Liam who wouldn't sit still, but still looked cute in his 4th of July wear!
Triston, Anja and Nika sitting in the firetruck! They also had a smoke trailer there which only the girls were brave enough to go in. It is a 5 minute demonstration where the firefighter talks about what happens when a house is on fire and where the smoke goes. Then they turn on a smoke machine and have you stand up so you can see how hard it is to see and then they have everyone crawl out to show the proper way to exit in a fire. I thought it was a great thing for the kids to experience, you never know...
Of course it was still pretty hot as you can see from Liam's red little cheeks
Here we are sitting in the grandstands waiting for the show to begin.
Once the show started I was so happy to capture this look from Anja. Too bad it is blurry but you still get the point. Holidays are so much more fun when your a kid...
Some of the beautiful fireworks!