Jul 5, 2012
4th of July
It turns out 11 months is about the amount of time it takes to start feeling very claustrophobic around here. We keep daydreaming about driving a car on open streets to somewhere, anywhere. The trip from Salt Lake to Vegas has even been sounding nice to us. And days like yesterday make it pretty hard to ignore the fact that we just don't live in Utah anymore. I missed all the buzz/festivity/patriotism/family/friends Utah has in July. And how close it is to Pinedale, where I've been on the 4th for the last 3 years. We don't have a yard, we don't have a pool, we can't light fireworks, we can't drive to a BBQ in an air-conditioned car. And the air is so thick and sticky and just won't leave you alone when you're outside. We spent the morning sleeping in and puttering around the house (I think we've finally figured out the optimal crib/etc. arrangement in our bedroom) and feeling a tiny bit sorry for ourselves. BUT luckily some grilling with friends (with cute babies) and watching the fireworks over the city from their rooftop was worth the sweaty walk and completely redeemed the day. Plus the fireflies have been going crazy here lately. I've gotta get a video of them. It's like walking through glitter!
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Get in a zipcar and get down here!
Although we still have a lot of the things you don't, I always miss Utah Fourth of July. But I think you must have more fireflies.
Yeah, we missed you. But we don't have rooftop seating or fireflies!
We don't have fireflies.....but we have gardens. When baby number two comes along you should move back....deal?
We had an unique Independence Day. We were on the train with Davey and Caleb. We read selected portions of the Declaration of Independence and sang "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy". And I wore my Ft. McHenry t-shirt with Old Glory on the front. Ft. McHenry is a cool place if you ever get a chance to see it. Davey, Caleb, and Doug had the opportunity to help hoist the flag over the fort they day we were there. Not many people get to do that. And we got in the after-Stadium of Fire traffic when we got off the train in Provo. Does that count as fireworks? Katie, remember the 24th we had bagpipes in the morning and fireworks at night and it just felt perfect?
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