Our Great Falls, MT, style 4th of July!
The Fourth was fairly laid back for us this year. We went up to Jamie's Grandma's ranch in the Little Belts, where we caught up with her family for a bit. The boys got to harass a rooster and pet the horses a bit, too. Then we lit off a few of our own little fireworks before watching the City of Great Falls display down at West Bank Park in Great Falls. It was nice and cool, and breezy enough the mosquitos didn't eat us alive.
I love being down on the river for the big display. The huge reports from the City's display, along with the hundreds of smaller reports from all the other celebrators... I close my eyes and try to imagine what it was like that night at Fort McHenry when Francis Scott Key wrote his poem "Defense of Fort McHenry", which of course later was adapted to become our National Anthem.
The wind sort of "smeared" the fireworks photos a bit, but I got a few I like. By far, though, my favorite of the night was a self-portrait of me and the kids. I was in a rush to get the shot, since the display was winding down. I meant to have Jamie come over, too, but I just said "Hey kids, come here," so I think that's why she stayed out of it. Wish I would have been more clear about that. Still a very precious image to me, but how much better if she had been in there too?
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The Fourth was fairly laid back for us this year. We went up to Jamie's Grandma's ranch in the Little Belts, where we caught up with her family for a bit. The boys got to harass a rooster and pet the horses a bit, too. Then we lit off a few of our own little fireworks before watching the City of Great Falls display down at West Bank Park in Great Falls. It was nice and cool, and breezy enough the mosquitos didn't eat us alive.
I love being down on the river for the big display. The huge reports from the City's display, along with the hundreds of smaller reports from all the other celebrators... I close my eyes and try to imagine what it was like that night at Fort McHenry when Francis Scott Key wrote his poem "Defense of Fort McHenry", which of course later was adapted to become our National Anthem.
The wind sort of "smeared" the fireworks photos a bit, but I got a few I like. By far, though, my favorite of the night was a self-portrait of me and the kids. I was in a rush to get the shot, since the display was winding down. I meant to have Jamie come over, too, but I just said "Hey kids, come here," so I think that's why she stayed out of it. Wish I would have been more clear about that. Still a very precious image to me, but how much better if she had been in there too?
I like this one a lot as well, but they are all pretty sweet (as far as fireworks photos go). Everything just turned out awesome on this one. I like the wind smeared fireworks though, they are very cool.
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