4th of July 2018 - By the Numbers

Number of "aMARENca" t-shirts I made: 6

Number of people who noticed the pun: 0  :(

Number of adults: 47

Number of teenagers: 15+ (hard to keep track - they kept coming and going)

Number of kids: 60+ (also hard to keep track of)

Number of weeks it's gonna take my lawn to recover from the kid wash: at least 5

Pounds of candy shot from the candy canon: 6

Number of injuries sustained during the candy canon stampede: surprisingly, 0

Number of times I thought to take decent pictures: pretty much 0. Although this one of Bennett is pretty cute!

Number of times the lights fell down: 2 (which is a first - they usually stay put)

(Couldn't think of a number to go here - I just liked that the teens tended to move around the party in a pack.)

Temperature that day: 97+ (105 heat index)

Dew point that day: 8293% (or something like that)

Number of tables full of food: 3 (and we ran out of space!)

This year's collective fireworks budget: $500

Number of hamburgers consumed: 60

Number of hot dogs consumed: 50+

Length of fireworks show: 20 minutes

Amount of ash that fell on me during the show: ... lots.

Number of times I feared for the safety of the fireworks lighters (especially the teenagers): 5+

Number of cases of water drunk (24 pack): 7

Number of sodas drunk: at least 125

Number of times I heard my kids exclaim "This is the best 4th of July ever!": 5 (Tess twice)