So, last Saturday, we had the Fourth of July fireworks at the lake club! A ton of people came to watch them! And that day, around 5:00 in the afternoon, my friends ( the Garza girls ) came over, and we got to hang out together! They were also going to stay the night that night and watch the fireworks with us!! Then, the next morning, my parents would drop them off at the park and ride.
Here's what we did from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM.
When the Garza girls came, Ria was in her crate in the house because it was very hot ( 117 Fahrenheit ), so I opened it and let her out. At first, she wouldn't come out all the way, but she did after a few minutes. Surprisingly, she was fine with the girls, which was amazing! She would let them pet her, too! After petting Ria, my mom said that it was time for dinner.
The dinner was hot dogs and chips. She also showed us how to make Italian soda because she had bought everything for it. I thought it would taste gross because it has half-and-half cream with soda water. But it tasted pretty good when I had tasted it. But it was weird at the same time. But after taking more and more sips, it tasted good. My mom also put whipping cream on top!
After dinner, we talked and went outside for a bit. Annie got Ria a pup cup ( whipping cream in a cup ) because Ria had never had one before. And Ria liked it! She kept sniffing and looking for more food afterward. We made her "speak," too, which is always super cute to see Ria do because her bark is so high-pitched, and sometimes she can't even bark!😂 And she lunges forward when she tries to bark! Which is scary if you are right in front of her.
After that, we started getting ready to go. We all got into our swimsuits and put a shirt over them for afterward. We wanted to bring our rollerblades, but my mom said, "You guys probably won't want to rollerblade in this heat. So don't take them down." So when we got down to the lake club, it was, I think, already 7:30 PM or something. So we swam for a bit and then got out. We didn't have anything to do, and we still wanted to go rollerblading. So my mom said she would go back to get them if we wanted to do it. We went back with her to get them, then got them, drove back down to the lake club, and started rollerblading in the tennis courts. We did that for about an hour, and it was getting pretty dark, so we headed to where our parents were and started looking for a spot to enjoy the fireworks. We found a spot right next to the water with a full sky view! It was perfect! Our parents were somewhere else because they had already found a spot. My friends and I just wanted an even better spot! 😊 We stuck our feet in the water and waited and talked until the fireworks would go off! And finally, they did!
The fireworks were amazing!! The ending was the best, as always!
Here are the videos and pics of the fireworks I got on camera!
After the fireworks, we went home, blew up the air mattresses, got blankets and pillows, and headed to bed. We probably fell asleep by 11:30 p.m.
The next morning, we woke up at 6:30 and went outside, hung out with Ria, and had breakfast. Then we got ready, and I left to go to church early for music practice while the other girls and Sophie stayed home. My parents dropped the girls off at the Park-and-Ride on their way to their church because the Garza girl's church starts earlier than ours.
Our community does the fireworks the weekend after the 4th of July because it's cheaper.
I loved everything about last Saturday.