Destroyed in Seconds

On the 3rd, we were hanging out at my parents waiting for the neighborhood fireworks when Ricky comes in and says "Heather, will you come here for a minute. And Val, you might want to come too." He and Joe were out playing basketball, so I couldn't even imagine what was wrong. I walked outside to this...

They were terrified for when my dad would get home. They thought he would be mad. I can tell you, the last time anyone actually played basketball on that hoop was when I was in high school. And we have had that since before I was in kindergarten. So needless to say, it was going to happen sooner or later. Joe had dunked it and it came crashing down on him. It hit his head and his arm. Luckily, he is okay and his arm is a little sore, but other than that thankfully he isn't worse off.

This is when fireworks were going off. Jacob LOVED them. Everytime one went off he would say "OH WOW!" What a cutie.