Lighting up the Night Sky

After all our party guests left and we cleaned up, we decided to do fireworks as a family. The kids always like to buy a few of their own and then my biggest kid (Hubby) has to buy his share as well. We had lots of choices! Everyone took turns lighting a few. I have a whole lot of pyros on hand here. LOL

Here's a few of our favorites from the night:

Then unexpectedly, God decided to put on a firework show of his own. The tornado sirens started going off about 9pm. We watched a storm roll in from the north until Justice was too nervous to be out. We went in and checked the news. MSUM had canceled their firework show and the news was tracking the storm. They advised everyone to take shelter. On their Storm Tracker Screens lightning was flashing everywhere and the Tornado Warning stretched across all of West Fargo. Pretty freaky!Outside, the streaks across the sky were crazy!  It started down pouring shortly after that. It lasted only about an hour from start to finish but it was quite a show up there! God sure knows how to light up the night sky!!!

We took shelter in our basement until the storm passed and they turned off the sirens. Nothing hit down in West Fargo but there was a roof ripped off in Mapleton (from a funnel cloud) which is only a 10 minute drive from our house. We were really blessed to be protected. Brett & I thought it was very cute because as we went down to take shelter, the kids all grabbed their scriptures to take with them. They said that they made them feel safe! ;) Too cute! We have some amazing kids- spiritual giants in their own right!

What an eventful 4th of July and

what an amazing Night Sky full of light!