4th of July

Daddy had to work, so it was just us Payne girls (B has had to work almost every 4th of July for the past 6 years). When we got to the parade, we found some friends to sit with. Here's Faye and Callan watching the police escort the start of the parade (I love Callan's binoculars)!
Faye has a dream to one day be the "masked rider" at Texas Tech. Guns up...

And we can't forget UMC, where Daddy works...

After the parade, we went to the park for a picnic, home for a break, then to Wolfforth to watch the fireworks. Here we are waiting for it to get dark (silly girlies)...

I had to post this: We had to leave our spot to do a potty run. While leaving, Daisy stepped on a goat-head. This picture captured the moment pretty well: Daisy, with her sob story, and Liz, with her nurturing sympathy towards the sad tale...

Ok, and here's my confession. I haven't taken my girls to see fireworks since I last saw the Malaluka show in Idaho Falls (which were amazing, like always). That was in 2006!! And this year, we were front row. Faye had a terror scream for the first 5 or 6 fireworks. Liz just wanted to curl up and not look. But Daisy enjoyed them--she wanted to watch them from the swing set.

All in all, it was a great 4th of July. The only thing that could of made it better was having Daddy with us!!