Fourth of July Festivities

Food, fun and fireworks. What more could you ask for in a weekend??

The fun all started out on Friday when we went to the Oquirrh Mountain open house. We went with Susie and Steve (Brett's aunt and uncle who live in Sandy) and his Grandparents (who were visiting from Baker for the weekend). It was beautiful, both inside and out.



The Angel Moroni was recently hit by lightening and you can still kind of see that his arm is a little blackened.


Elder Perry was touring the open house at the same time we were. We saw him a few times inside the temple and then again outside.


After the open house we went to dinner at a place called Bonsai (?). Its one of those restaurants where they cook the food in front of you. Very fun and very yummy! The good eating didn't stop there though. I made a big breakfast for Brett Saturday morning before he had to go to work. And then in the afternoon we went with his family to Tucanos- a Brazilian restaurant that specializes in meat. All you can eat meat. YUM!

After we over-ate at Tucanos we all headed over to BYU's football stadium. Aunt Susie got us all tickets to the Stadium of Fire. (THANKS!). We were lucky to be sitting on the west side in the shade. I felt bad for the people on the other side (as shown in the picture) who were just roasting in the sunshine.



Last year for the Fourth Brett was out of town. Spending the day with him this year was much better!



The show started off with a fly-over. Thanks to all those in the armed forces that work so hard to protect us and especially those who sacrificed their evening to fly these awesome planes for our enjoyment.


Cami (Brett's cousin) was one of the Stadium of Fire dancers. We enjoyed watching her dance from a distance. Luckily we had binoculars that we used to pick her out of the crowd.


They flew a large American Flag by cranes. We learned later that this flag has been through a lot but that the only time it ever flew free was that night. It was quite the sight.


These helicopters made a couple of flyby's as well during the show!


SheDaisy was there to perform a few songs which I really enjoyed.


But the main attraction this year at the Stadium of Fire was... The Jonas Brothers! woot. Actually this was probably our least favorite part of the show but I just had to document it. And they did play a song "for the parents in the crowd". Brett and I got up and danced to that one just to show how old we really are.... closer to the age of the parents in the crowd than the teenagers. Well, not technically, but definitely when it comes to music tastes.


And what would the Stadium of Fire be without fire? Here you see the fire dancers...


And the fire trees...


And of course, the fire works! (The ones on the right are my favorite! They sparkle so much. Brett likes the loud ones.)


An additional fire display this year was the burning of the large American flag (as seen in a previous picture). It was worn out and custom dictates that the proper retirement of a used flag is through burning. They placed the flag in the large incinerator on the left which fueled the flame in the torch on the right. What a sight!


I happen to think that the Fourth of July is one of the more romantic holidays we celebrate. Hopefully you spend the whole day with the one you love and then you get to cuddle in close as you watch the fireworks. We definitely had a great day!



Hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend and were able to celebrate with family and friends. We enjoyed ours!