Every year the city of Addison does a HUGE fireworks production to celebrate America. It's called "Kaboomtown" - and the name fits! This year we went with Clark and Jo Rudd (Emma's cousins) and met up with a bunch of other friends while we were there. It was AMAZING. Besides the incredible show of fireworks, there was a ton of music and other festivities to enjoy. Jake went around to all the booths and tried to win free stuff (of course...and he took Ethan as bait) and Emma spent almost the whole night painting faces on friends and even a few strangers. (We charged the strangers a buck each...next year we're setting up a booth!) Here are some details:

Jake collected:

*A bag of popcorn
*Two star light up necklaces
*A mini tool kit
*A beach ball
*A waterbottle
*Chapstick (cause his lips hurt real bad...)
*And some great memories:)

(Jake also wanted to point out that our friend Juan who went with him won a ruler. Yay Juan!)

Emma Painted:

*Flowers
*Stars (Ethan's became a shooting star because he smeared it on Dad's shirt...)
*The statue of Liberty
*Hearts
*The American Flag (sometimes in different colors...)
*A car watching the fireworks
*U.S.A
*Names
*And some great memories:)

(Emma wanted to point out that she should have taken more pictures of her creations so she could charge strangers more next year.)

Hooray for America!