This year, HM and I went to Fort Campbell for their carnival, band and fireworks show.  They had a lot of carnival rides, but only two HM could ride.  She was JUST below the 32″ height requirement line.  I did buy a page of tickets, but only used half.  We enjoyed the carnival food – shared a piece of pizza, drank too much lemonade, and I snuck a bag of cotton candy 🙂

They had a military demonstration, then Tristan McIntosh and Adley Stump played.  They were all  great, but… the fireworks were scheduled to go off at 9:30pm. There were reports of an incoming storm and the Ft. Campbell MWR had said they would move the fireworks around if there was indication of the storm coming, but didn’t move them.  At 9pm, the rain started, then a downpour, and we called it back to our cars!  We did the best we could to stay dry, but the rain was blowing sideways and the little ones were not happy.  As I was buckling HM into her car seat, the fireworks started going off above the parking lot, so I yanked her out and we watched from the car!  Definitely disappointed about our experience, but glad she got to see the big show.  It was a really late night for both of us – HM was up until almost 11pm!  Hopefully next year we can do it again minus the rain 🙂