"fire"th of July

First of all, this is what came about from our 4th of July celebration. Yep, that's right, on SUNDAY the 4th, James came home from Church after a missionary meeting (yep with both Elder Farnsworth & Elder Kessler there) and decided to light off 3 of the professional-grade fireworks left over from the huge show we had on Saturday night.






I looked out after the 2nd one went off and gave him the look:) Then after the 3rd one, I came out of the house completely to tell them it wasn't a good idea.....But it was too late....the field next to our house was already on fire!!!!!

Luckily, the elders could help, but of course all three of them were all wearing their suits. James called the fire department and because it was the 4th, they were all just waiting for a call, so they got there and were spraying it down within ten minutes or so. We were lucky that day that even though the wind was blowing, it wasn't blowing harder than it was. The fire department helped so much. They were there about 2 hours or so and then left. We assumed that meant the fire was out completely, but they left to go to another fire in McConihe flats that seemed more emergent. We left to go have dinner at Grandma Jones' house, but while we were gone, the fire started again and nearly burned down an abandoned house near the back of our property. Anyways, everything turned out okay, but it sure was a stressful day.