Two and a Half Weeks ? Adelinavixen's Blog

06 Jul 2012

by Aiko in Blogs Tags: Independence Day, Fireworks, Family, america, the Fourth, reunion, parade, B-B-Q, floats, activities, two and a half weeks

Well. I hope everyone had a spectacular Fourth of July for those who are Americans! I know I certainly did.

my family always kicks off the Fourth on the third of July with a huge reunion. Surprisingly, I actually like this family reunion. We always have home made root-beer, TONS of food, and a few fun games. it?s nice to catch up with the family members you know and like.

I say ?know? because my family is so large, half our family probably doesn?t know the other half. It?s entertaining when a family member comes up to me, calls me by name, asks me how my art/schooling/life is going, then leaves without me ever figuring out their name or if they?re really family.

We get a lot of friends coming to our reunions as well. This year, I had my Laxer Bro tag along for fun. The fam. had fun heckling him. He took it pretty well. My nephews all ran up to him the second he got there, too. Heck, my youngest nephew could say his name before mine. They had fun playing together and having us watch them go down a giant-bouncy-slide-water-thing.

The actual Fourth typically starts off with many of my family members running the local races. I usually participate; however, this time I was helping my mom hand out water to the runners who came by our house. Then we all cram into cars and take off to the park to catch the parade. It?s dee beeeeest! Seriously. Usually I can?t stand parades, but with my town, it?s something different. I know half of it is because I am biased and know the majority of the people in the parade, but the other half is because I always get a kick out of the local? ideas and jokes everyone comes up with for the floats.

The majority of the rest of the day is spent at the epic craft fair in the park. There are also a lot of fun little attractions for the kids to do. Snow Basin even brought down actual snow from the mountain. WOOT! Snow. In the park. In the middle of July. A snowball fight definitely ensued.

My family always has another B-B-Q to follow. This year, we all had a water fight. Sadly, we could only let off small fireworks (like snakes and poppers) due to the major fire danger this season. But, the town let off the big ones!

Laxer Bro and a group of friends and I all went to our park where the fireworks were going to be let off to enjoy the show. The cool thing about our fireworks is that they?re shot off right above the park, so they burst right over everyone?s head. Oh, and cue the music! The town always has patriotic music playing loud enough to hear through the blasts and bangs of the firework show. Just after the fireworks ended, it started to rain. I call that a perfect ending to a day. I love the rain!

On a different note, I?m looking for fun suggestions to keep me very busy over the next two and a half weeks! So if you?ve been somewhere fun or done something fun lately, let me know so I can try it out! Laxer Bro is out of town during that time period, and I need to keep my mind active. So lemme have it!

Source: http://sw33taxion.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/two-and-a-half-weeks/

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