The 4th of July!

Yay for the holidays!! Not ONLY did i get friday off, BUT we got to go to the freedom fest and see FIREWORKS! :) The freedom fest was so fun, we found lots of things to keep us busy, walking up and down center street, looking at vendors, listening to music, etc.

First, we rode segways

Don't run into anyone!!

John got to meet a storm trooper and a rebel pilot

I sat in a Smart Car!!!

We got in some trouble while we were there...

Oops...

And we got a SNOWCONE at the end of the day!
Not grape, not cherry, but
BLUE RASPBERRY
yummm....

And then i got sick with this strange condition that turns your tongue blue...

We watched the parade from my kitchen window, my apartment faces university avenue, which is where the parade started. we not only sat in the comfort of an air conditioned apartment, but we rearranged the furniture a little, and moved the couch right in front of the window so we could sit and watch. and we laughed at the people down below when it started to rain. but it didn't rain for that long...so we didn't feel toooo bad ;) Our ward also had a little bbq that we went to and had VERY yummy hamburgers and watermelon and john ate too many cupcakes ;) We met up with the ward at the field across from the stadium parking lot to watch the fireworks. While we were waiting for the rest of the ward to get there...we had an amusing encounter...

We spread out some blankets and sat down, just sitting an talking. John started to work out a knot in my right shoulder and a little boy, probably 7 or 8, comes over to us and tells us to "stop being gross!" but it didn't end there...he went on for like a minute, telling us we were in a public area and that we shouldn't do stuff like that. So john offered him a massage and he said something like, "ewww no!" and ran away. And we busted up laughing.

The fireworks were awesome and big and LOUD. and by the time they were over, and we got back to foxwood, we were sooo sleepy. so we went to our apartments. and went to bed. it was a good 4th of July.