4th of July 2009

We had a great 4th of July this year! Todd had a four day weekend and I was able to get three day. We started it by being able to attend the temple with our neighbors. The temple was packed! I honestly didn't think it would be on a Friday morning, but I was wrong. Later we went down to Idaho Falls to get some ribs for our BBQ the next day and ended the evening hanging out on the balcony with our neighbors.

Saturday we went to the Rexburg 4th of July Parade. For such a small town they had one of the longest parades! We seriously never thought it was going to end. They had some pretty fun floats. We sat at the end of the route, which I think next time we wont do. Almost every time a group got to us they'd stop dancing, or doing whatever it was they were doing. But we enjoyed ourselves.

Then came our BBQ. We've had a blast having BBQs with our neighbors. Since we got our grill Todd and our neighbor, Alma, have talked about grilling ribs. So we thought why not do it for the 4th?! They ened up tasting pretty good. Todd and I learned what and what not to do for next time so hopefully we can continue to perfect them. The rest of the afternoon was spent sitting around and hanging out. The guys ended up going and playing some game while the girls just sat and talked.

Then came the night festivities! We ended up staying at our apartments and tried to watch the Rexburg fireworks, but due to some trees we were only able to get bits and pieces. Trent and Kim bought some of their own fireworks so we were able to watch them go off. It was pretty fun. Growing up in Texas we were never able to do our own fireworks. They had some sparkles, catepillers (i think that's what they called it), and few others. We had fun "ooooing" and "awwing".

The whole day and weekend was quite nice. We're going to be sad come the end of the summer when all our friends start moving away. But it was really nice being able to spend the 4th with all of them. I think we created some pretty fun memories that we'll always be able to look back on.