4th of July

We had a great fourth of July this year. Steve and Cathy are here with us and we decided to take a trip to see the Memorials. In the morning we headed down to Pearl Harbor and went to the Arizona Memorial. It was very cool and really touched me to see first hand the sacrifices of all those brave men who died and are still entombed in their ship. After that Phil took us to a spot on Ford Island where you can see holes made in the concrete by the machine guns on the Japanese planes. We sat and had a picnic and then went to the Utah Memorial. I think that these two ships really affected me because my husband is in the Navy and I have had to consider what I would do if he died at sea. Very sad stuff.
After we had visited all the memorials, we went to the Pearl Harbor Base and hung out at the big block party. They had all kinds of games and bounce houses as well as a live band and treats galore. The kids got to go play on the bounce houses and then played frisbee and football with Phil and Steve. Steve and Cathy earned the eternal devotion of my children by purchasing them some cotton candy. Caleb liked it so much that after he was done with his, he went up to some random person, said "hi", grabbed some of their cotton candy and ran. Funny. Anyway, the fireworks were great and we were pleasantly surprised because last year the show up at Schofield was not very good. Caleb fell asleep and missed the fireworks, but he didn't know what he had missed so it was all good. We got stuck in traffic, but still made it home at a decent hour, so it was, all in all, a fabulous day.


At the controls


Looking in the periscope


Phil and Chase


Nathan and Caleb


Climbing trees


Posing by the guns


Wearing Dad's hat


Arizona Memorial


USS Arizona


Ole Glory


Caleb in the bounce house


Yummy cotton candy


Down to the last drop

Comments

Joanna said…
Yeah Caleb, running off with the cotton candy. That is hilarious! If he came up to me, I'd give the whole dang thing to him cuz he's stinking cute. Looks like lots of fun was had. Miss you!
July 9, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Sandra said…
Wow what a fun day you all had. I love the pictures you took and I can't believe how big your kids are getting.
July 13, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Amanda said…
what a fun fourht. I cant believe chase is. Four months. That is crazy how time is going by.
July 15, 2009 at 11:13 AM
jojack8 said…
We enjoyed your 4th of July blog, both patriotic and fun. The only fireworks display here got rained out with the only storm to come through in weeks...c'est la vie!
Glad you all had such a good time. Love, Mom
July 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM
The Cox Family said…
Looks like the 4th was so much fun. I love the cotton candy story. Gracie thinks it is the best stuff too. Shirlyn
July 20, 2009 at 12:52 AM
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