Well, my favorite holiday has come and gone, but I must say that it was glorious as usual. I just love the 4th of July so much. Here are some of my favorite memories from years past:
-watching my dad and neighbor dads set off fireworks on our block growing up (although I think I was most fascinated by the snakes that seem to grow out of the ground and the good ol’ pop-its. The bigger ones always made me a little nervous)…
-visiting the Lake Stevens Dairy Queen for a 4th of July Blizzard (RIP…it burned down a few years ago) and playing on the playground in the most hideous, yet patriotic, outfit ever. I think white and red striped pants were involved (pretty sure there is photo evidence somewhere)….
-watching my dad nervously hose off our roof with water every 4th because our next door neighbors were a little nuts with the explosives and he was always worried they would burn our house down!
-going to Kansas with one of my best friends for 4th of July in high school. The weekend involved riding quads through the prairie, a farm house BBQ, a one stop sign town, blowing up fire works in a pond, playing charades until late into the night, and watching the movie Independence Day in a small (one screen?) movie theater…
-visiting Washington the first summer Micah and I started dating. For the 4th of July, we kayaked to the jetty off the coast of Everett and watched fireworks over the water at night. I carried a little American flag around with me all day long…
-road tripping to Colorado over 4th of July weekend a couple of years ago with a whole church youth group. We stopped in Salt Lake City and watched their huge fireworks show. The Old Navy next to our hotel gave us some crazy Styrofoam blue and red hats off their mannequin display and we got to wear them all night long. The next morning we went white water rafting…
P.S. We went to a fireworks show after dinner, but I was a big doofus and left my camera on the table at dinner because I was so busy photographing the meat on my plate. Oops. But we saw lots of fireworks and they were spectacular! I promise.
I love your blog Jen, you make me smile. i am glad you are having so much fun in AZ. Can't wait to come back!