The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. I love everything about it. Leer and I often discuss how blessed and lucky we feel that we were born in America. I don't even want to imagine how different my life might be if I had been born anywhere else.
For about the past 11 years, we've made it a tradition to go to the Stadium of Fire. (I think we've only missed 3 of those years.) It is absolutely the best celebration around and on the 4th of July, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. This year was particularly special because Chloe had the opportunity to be one of the dancers in the show.
I was so proud of her. I got the chance to be one of the mom helpers for our dance studio which I was so grateful for. Driving down Friday morning, we got to see the hot air balloon festival going on. That pink one is a giant piggy bank. The girls in my car thought the balloons were pretty cool.
You cannot imagine the work they put into organizing this event. And the dancers worked their butts off! I was in shock when I saw the rehearsal schedule:
Thursday 4 pm until 7 pm
Friday 7:45 am until 11 pm
Saturday 6:45 am until 12 noon
Needless to say, the girls were sore and exhausted. It was totally worth it though and they should be proud of themselves. Look how cute they are!
Now let's talk about the JONAS BROTHERS. Is it wrong for ME to be a fan? I guess I was too busy enjoying the concert to take any pictures of them. But, they were great! And it was pretty funny to hear thousands and thousands of teen aged girls screaming their heads off for them. This was definitely the most rowdy Stadium of Fire that we've been too.
One word...FIREWORKS. I L.O.V.E. fireworks. And this year's display didn't disappoint (although Leer thought they were shorter than usual). I don't know if the Stadium of Fire has the biggest fireworks show in the nation, but I'm sure it's the best.
'Til next year...sigh.
8 comments:
Boy I sure wish we could've made it down to see Cho and the fireworks. We had a good time up here, but I'm sure that would've put our celebration to shame. We sure enjoyed the SOF when we went. Tell Cho we're proud of her and all her hard work dancing!
Becky Thank you for all your help!! It was a great show and I too think the girls should be very proud of themselves!!!
Lucky Ducks!!!! I think that is so cool that you guys try to go to that every year! Way to go Chloe! To bad you didn't get to meet the Jonas brothers.
Welcome back to the blogging world! Missed ya! Sounds like the 4th was a lot of fun for you guys. We have always wanted to go to Stadium of Fire, just never worked for us! Way to go Chloe!
Wow, I can't believe that rehearsal schedule! That is pretty crazy! What a cool opportuntiy though. I'm glad your blog is fixed and your back in business :)
How cool! We used to love going to the stadium for fireworks . . . . back in the day when we didn't have a million and one kids! Chloe looks adorable!
SOunds like a blast. Allie and I went to see the J brothers last week as an early birthday present. They are definately a bunch of talented boys. I have to admit my ears were ringing when we left after all the screaming!!! Chloe looks so grown up. I cannot believe the girls are turning 10!!!
Looks like fun... I personally hate crowds, especially at BYU, I have too many bad experiences with that, but I LOVE fireworks! I'm glad it was all worth it :)
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