Just when we were about to head back inside, it turns out that Terri and her friend still had a few small bottle rockets left so we stuck around for the real (somewhat anticlimactic) finale.
Hahaha. Look at Jeff's face. That's a "kid on Christmas morning" expression if I've ever seen one. Getting giddy about some of the "mortar ball" fireworks that we launched after exhausting all the smaller rockets.
After we'd shot all the big rockets, we moved on to the smaller rockets. We ended up lighting them ten at a time so that they wouldn't be a "let down" after their bigger counterparts.
...and managed to capture this totally insane action shot of the rocket taking off! Check out the rocket's stick still in the frame! (Bonus points to Steve for managing to throw out a "thumbs up!")
Before we even made it into the hotel for the reception after party, we ran into Jeff and Terri on the way in and Jeff was like "I BROUGHT A TON OF FIREWORKS!" Hahaha.