Petralia Family 4th of July

The 4th of July was our first Holiday in our new home. It was different here than it is back home. People do their own fireworks that would normally be illegal back home (the kind you can only buy at Moapa!). They shoot them up in the sky above the houses so you can actually just sit in your front yard and watch someone else's fireworks. It's CRAZY! Along with that, they have been lighting off fireworks since the last week in June. - The next door neighbors were lighting off fireworks last night (7/13/08). I guess everyone really likes their fireworks to be seen... or else there is nothing else to do here...


We aren't as exciting as the rest of the locals (what with our completely legal and very small fireworks and all...), but the kids really enjoyed themselves. We spent our 4th fishing, and eating pizza (the kids didn't want the traditional hotdogs... and we left our barbeque back home!).


Although they do have an awesome firework show that they put on over the Idaho Falls, by the temple, (on the news they estimated 100,000 people to attend the firework show! That is about twice the population of Idaho Falls.) we all missed not being able to sit on grandma's lawn and watch the fireworks with everyone. Maybe next year everyone can come up HERE and watch the big firework show (anytime between the last week of June and who knows how far into July would be fine!).


We managed to celebrate in "Petralia Style" with our own little fireworks in the front yard.


We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend - miss you all!!