4th of July Celebrations

I decided to have some fun with sparklers and longer shutter speeds so I gathered friends, sparklers, and a lighter. Everyone had a great time writing their names backwards and creating other designs. (Oh and I LOVE the street light in the background!)

Regular ol' flowers have to be one of my favorite fireworks EVER! I don't know if it's the thrill of holding it in your hand awhile only to throw it up in the air to watch it spin to the ground in an array of color, the fact that they're pretty cheap, or what, but it's pretty great! And everyone loves the chance to be a pyro!

These last two photos are actually from our 4th celebrations. We went to a lookout near our house with all our family and watched the firing off of legal and illegal fireworks across the valley. Quite the show! My brother-in-law brought glow sticks too which kept every big and little kid entertained!

West Fest

Every year near the end of June we celebrate West Fest, when West Valley became a city. We fight crowds of people and millions of parked cars just to watch the fireworks. I'm too cheap to pay the ridiculous amount to actually go on the rides. I don't buy any of the food that is also ridiculously priced. Why fight all of this to watch 15 minutes of fireworks? One word, brought to you this week by Tevye and the Fiddler on the Roof: TRADITION!

(I didn't bring my tripod with me, thus the blurry images, but everyone loves fireworks, so I wanted to share anyway.)