4th of July

Every 4th of July our neighbors get together for a bbq and fireworks.  It has been named the Culdesac of fire.  Last year the whole ward showed  up for the fireworks.  Everyone brought a few fireworks and it lasted for a few hours.
This year Curtis invited his family over for a bbq in our back yard so we didn't join everyone else until it was time to do fire works.
Curtis did a few hamburgers and hot dogs.  Christie brought a bunch of chips and watermelon.  Angie made some wonderful cookies.  The kids ran around the back yard.  Max loves to play with his cousins.
Everyone had work in the morning so they didn't stay for the fireworks.
We set up on the corner of our lawn.  Curtis gets a big bowl of candy put together for everyone to share.  This gets our neighbors and friends to come to us.  We had a big set up: Curtis and I had chairs.  Max had a blanket and a chair.  Kendall was in the port-a-crib.
The fire works where a lot of fun...until...One firework fell over and was shooting fireworks out at everyone. A few people left after that.  A few minutes later they let off another one like the one that fell over the first time.  This one did  the same thing.  I grabed Kendall out of his crib at one shot past us and blew up by our tree.  At that point we took the kids inside and pulled up the blinds for them to watch from safety.  The group outside was getting smaller.  Those setting off the fire works started using bricks to pin the fireworks upright.  This worked for a while but then one exploded...not like it should.  It didn't go in the air but it did cover about a 10 feet radius.  Then they started using a bucket.
I'm not sure if they ran out of fireworks or if they decided it was not safe.  My neighbor told me we are thinking of changing the name from the Culdesac of fire to The Culdesac on fire.
Hope you all had a safe 4th of July.