boom.

family firework trip.
it didn't turn out quite like I expected,
thanks to my waittilthelastminute planning.

we parked 1834739 miles far away.
got there as it was getting dark, so we couldn't find our cousins
who were on the opposite side of us.

I took the big camera for group shots
but it was so dark, I couldn't see if they were in focus.
They mostly weren't.

Eleanor decided she hates fireworks.
And cried almost the whole time.
The thought didn't even cross my mind,
because we had seen some in St. Louis and she didn't seem to mind.

But we DID get to spend time with our family,
see some beautiful fireworks (in between comforting Eleanor)
and make another memory with our baby love.