Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Fourth of July

Since setting off your own fireworks are illegal in New Jersey, we were excited to be in Utah for the fourth this year! Though we were a little bit hesitant to do so with the ridiculous amount of wildfires raging out here.  But we figured as long as we are careful and do it in a parking lot, it will be just fine.
There was a 4th of July parade but we didn't get to watch it.  We did get to see this UVU float though the day before because they got lost and wound up in front of our apartment haha. 

That night we went out and managed to both leave our keys in the apartment.  This has never happened to us before and at this point, the management office was closed.  Ironic though, because we were hoping and most likely going to be moving that upcoming weekend.  We nearly made it the whole time without locking ourselves out! Thankfully, we remembered we had left a window unlocked in the back bedroom and with a little team work, we managed to get Jimmie to climb up the wall and through this window.  Probably not the smartest thing to do with cracked ribs, but we were successful! It was pretty hilarious looking back, we probably looked ridiculous. Ps. Incase you can't tell, thats like a story and a half.  

So Fourth of July--

Both Jim and I had off on the fourth so we were able to have a nice relaxing day.  I was going to make a great cake, but had some problems with it and just decided to scratch it.  Instead, we had some nice summer foods like corn on the cob! (Which by the way is not even half as good as Jersey corn.)  Later, we went mini golfing and though it was ridiculously hot, it was beautiful and fun!


 He totally creamed me in mini golf! 

 And I got a hair cut the day before--I don't know if you can tell.


That night we got together with our friends Rachel and Conlon.  We went out towards the Stadium of Fire and had a fun evening snacking and playing games.  The fireworks didn't start til pretty late, nearly 11! We had no idea they would start that late but that's okay because that way we got to spend several hours hanging out.  After the great fireworks display we went over to a parking lot and shot off a bunch of fireworks and sparklers.
 Rachel with sparklers

A shower of sparks

 Double sparklers!

 Jimmie with the sparklers

Here's an animated photo of the fireworks from that night:


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