Happy Fourth of July!!

Fourth of July is Joe's favorite holiday. We had a nice breakfast together and then spent the afternoon amidst a cleaning overhaul to prepare for my cousins' visit on Wednesday. We'll have three kids here (Alec, 17; Brooke, 14; Rachael; 10) for two weeks!!

Once cleaning step 1 was done, we met up with our friend Vivek and took the Light Rail down to Tempe for the fireworks show at Tempe Town Lake.



The show was great. There were quite a few parts when we thought we saw the finale--- and then it kept on going!

Vivek was shocked at how great the show was!!

The best picture of the night, in my opinion. It looks like a photograph of the sun from space!

Overall, we had a great time. Now on to cleaning day 2!