4th of July 2011

I love the 4th of July. I love the food, I love the heat, I love the fireworks, and I love all the traditions we have with it. This year poor Shayne had to work, but we managed to have some fun. Saturday the 2nd, we had a few of Shayne's family over for a bbq. This was Shayne's first time using his new BBQ grill we all went in on for his birthday. It was a good time and nice to show our new place off to his family.

Evan and Monyka are the 4th of July people, just like we have been called the Halloween people. They planned such a wonderful party for our side of the family. We had it at our home (Mom's house banned fireworks and Evan's place was tricky for fireworks) so we were happy to help. Evan cooked some french fried onion pineapple burgers and served our plates to us restaurant style... then we played water balloon volleyball while roasting s'mores on their fire-pit.

When it got dark, we gathered in my messy garage (messy from the move) and watched Evan's amazing firework show. This was the first time in Utah for as long as I remember that most fireworks were legal. Normally you cannot buy fireworks legally that shoot more than 10-14 feet in the air. This year everything was fair game (which can be scary too). It was awesome though. Evan lit off some pretty amazing fireworks, many were show quality and shot HIGH in the air. He also had movie music playing the background to make it even more perfect. I loved it. It was an amazing night. :)