Happy 4th of July!

I had a great weekend, how was yours? I had Friday off of work so instead of sleeping in I went with Marissa to see the hot air balloon deal for Provo's Freedom Festival. It was pretty sweet. And we ran into Julia, Scott, and Maren from the old ward. We hung out and then went to get Kneader's all you can eat french toast for breakfast. Delicious! I then had a most relaxing day. I napped, made an awesome sandwich for lunch, strolled the freedom festival and saw some pretty cool stuff. Dinner was a BBQ in Bountiful for my cousin Eliza's birthday and then I went to my good friend Kira's birthday where we played the card game scum, I did a Happy Birthday interpretive dance with my bubble wand, we had bubble races, sparklers and set things on fire like flour and hand sanitizer. The only low point of the weekend was all of the crazy people camped out on University Ave the whole night. I don't get it, it's just a parade. These crazy people started saving spots at like noon the day before. You'd think they were giving away money or something. We also had two port-o-potties placed in front of my apartment complex. Lovely. Anyway, just having all those people outside made me nervous. Then I went to a rockin' dance party and went to sleep.

The next day I was awaken by cannon fire. Yep, it's true. Then I went out to watch the parade, and had a pretty good view. I didn't even camp out. I chilled some more, went swimming, did another BBQ where we played croquet, and then went to watch fireworks. Fireworks were a lot of fun but kind of lacking. Afterward, we had a ward bonding massage session and then I sat in traffic for awhile waiting to get home. Melanie kindly came with me and we rocked out to Beyonce and Hannah Montana (I cannot get enough of Beyonce's "Halo"). I also celebrated by watching the movie 1776 about the Declaration of Independence. It's rather corny but it does have a young Mr. Pheney from Boy Meets World portraying John Adams. I felt rather patriotic. After all of this, I still have 5 boxes of sparklers and one entire cake to use up.

I love the 4th of July! It's the middle of summer, BBQs are awesome, you can swim, or do anything to celebrate our nation's independence. My favorite part is fireworks. Here is my confession: It has long been my secret desire to watch fireworks with a boy. I think it would be one of the most romantical things ever. It hasn't happened yet but someday. There you have it.

I love being American and having the chance to live in this free country and all of the blessings that come with it. I am proud of the United States' heritage and that we get to celebrate!

Happy 4th!