A First
I wanted to share our 4th of July holiday with you all. This year was bitter sweet for a few reasons. Every year we spend quite a bit of money of fireworks and have a great BBQ. We have a blast and its a holiday that my boys look forward to every year. This year we were invited to a celebration with some friends in the nearby Boulder City. It’s a party ALL DAY at the park with a shit ton of things to do. At night there is a fireworks how and then the group of friends go into a nearby dry rock bed and spend about 4 hours blowing off thousands of dollars worth of fireworks on their own. We were excited to do something different this year and share some fun times with some friends. Unfortunately with the hubby’s work schedule changing he was not able to get the time off that we would have needed to go. Reluctantly, I sent my boys to have a good time without us. I only say reluctantly because this was the very first holiday I have ever spent apart from my kids EVER! It was depressing.
Overall they had a fantastic time. They played volleyball for hours, went rock climbing and cooled off in the water features. The fireworks show was awesome but their group’s fireworks were even better. They didn’t get home until 3am and were excited to share their stories. We look forward to going next year.
For me though, the holiday was not what it usually is. My hubby spent the day working and my boys were gone. It was just (13) and I at home. Mr T came home and slept while (13) and I BBQ’d. We woke him up around 7 to eat and then headed out to watch a fireworks show. The show was fun to watch and was put on by Station Casinos. When the show was over we came home and watched the fireworks show that was put on in New York on our 47″ of high definition television. It made me sad. You see, my grandma passed away 2 years ago on the 4th of July and it was extremely difficult for me. She was a New York native and watching those fireworks reminded me of how much I miss her.
The day that she died I coped by telling the kids we were lighting fireworks to celebrate her life. Last year, I did the same. This year I was without my boys and didn’t buy any fireworks to shoot off. Depressing.
I’ve been sitting with a group of pictures and videos that I took while watching the fireworks show we took (13) to see. So I decided today that I would turn them into a movie . After all, they were beautiful. I look forward to a better holiday next year.
Grandma is gone but not forgotten!
Okay the video should work now, but I lost some of the quality converting it. Ugh
Enjoy!
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That’s a lovely picture and AWESOME fireworks!
That’s a big step you’ve taken splitting from the kids for a holiday. Congratulations!
I wish I could you a big hug!!! Love you so much Thy!!!
Just so you know I thought about you on the 4th but figured you were busy with fam. I didn’t do anything that day.
Hey just so you know… the vid does not work.
I know. I’m working on fixing it. It’s because there is music playing and youtube has it’s panties in a wad.
(((hugs)))
Nothing needs to be said just feel me hugging you
What a touching post. I’m sorry about the way the 4th worked out…but thank you for sharing!
I love this picture above. It is seriously a great photo. I hope it is framed. She looks like a fun loving gal.
The grandma is really looking cute……..
No wonder you miss her…
Feeling bad for you……don’t worry, everything’ll be fine mam!
*hugs* Seems like this wasn’t much of a holiday for some of us. (it kinda sucked here too)
Touching! What a special person! Hard to find that quality in a person these days. I can see why you miss her! She loved being your grandma!
That’s the one thing I dislike about holidays sometimes, they evoke some bitter sweet memories that can somehow turn a joyous occasion into a solemn one.
YouTube is so gay! I had a video with music on it and they got all uptight over copyright. They sent me a warning, but they were going to leave the video alone. I just deleted it. I didn’t want to deal with them. If a group has a song out there and someone uses it in a video, then that song is up for grabs as far as I’m concerned. Like Aerosmith is going to get upset with me because my iDog is boppin’ to one of their songs. Are you kidding me?
*hugs and smooches*
Great job on the movie!
Remember there are always fireworks in your heart..you celebrate her everyday.