Shit, I'd move. We were shooting of illegal ones last night (DH's uncle had a bunch).

If I didn't have an application pending with the Bar, I probably would have just done it. Apparenltly, I'm not supposed to get in trouble. I've also walked off from some good bar fights. Just kidding. You are supposed to burn the tips of you fingers off at least once as a kid!

You know what's bad-ass is when you have a 3 to 4 foot length of steel pipe that's plugged up at one end and you shoot bottle rockets out of it over-the-shoulder, bazooka-style. Or so I've heard. Man, sometimes I miss being a teenager.

Dragon, Awesome pictures. Very cool. Zoom, We got the same fireworks laws in MN and they can't be very powerful and barely go boom. Jeff, You are so funny. I blew up most of my toys as a kid trying to be creative. On the fourth, had an easy 4 mile run, an 8K race, PR of 40:22, and then my two boys ran the kid's races. Lied about the ones age to get him into the one mile. Told my DH I could really use him at mile 3, he barely saw me finish. Oh well, don't know it would have made a difference. Watched the parade, and came home and packed for vacaiton. We're at DH's parents this week. Thursday we leave for camping. For the last 12 years we have camped with DH's highschool friends, no kids allowed. It's a great weekend, but hard to balance running with eating camp food, staying up late around the camp fire, sleeping in uncomfortable tent, and drinking alchohl. Typically I end up not eating, not drinking, and going to be bed early, so I can run in the morning. If only his friends were runners.

Now dont get me wrong, I love fireworks, I really do. But here in OR it doesnt get dark until 10 pm. By then my kiddos are passed out cold. And getting woken up until 2 am with crackers sucks ass when you dont even get to go out and enjoy them. We had a fabulous picnic sponsered by the fire dept where the kids got to check out the equipment and even sit in a helicopter, and then had a quiet quiet evening under the trees and stars.

Slip a little rum in their milk and cookies for night time snack and they'll sleep like babies. JUST KIDDING! Sounds like a nice picnic. Was so nice that it was not 90+ degrees like it normally is. I'm getting spoiled, not having to be up at 5:00 a.m. to beat the heat of the day.

Thursday we leave for camping. For the last 12 years we have camped with DH's highschool friends, no kids allowed. It's a great weekend, but hard to balance running with eating camp food, staying up late around the camp fire, sleeping in uncomfortable tent, and drinking alchohl. Typically I end up not eating, not drinking, and going to be bed early, so I can run in the morning. If only his friends were runners.

we are going camping this weekend too!!! We are leaving friday morning. I am concerned about the running also! Course i've rearranged the week so I'll be doing 1-3 milers the days i'm gone.