July in Oklahoma is not like July in Utah. The fourth of July was lame in comparison to our hometown parties! I had researched all of the festivities going on in our town of Edmond Oklahoma and I was pretty excited about it! CNN rated the celebration as one of the top 10 celebrations in the nation! We woke up ready to party and the girls in the office headed to the parade. Of course the boys had to knock but there was no way i was going to stay home because I love the fourth of July and wanted to enjoy everything!
Whitney and little LillyAnna came along with Heidi and I. Went. luckily it was overcast and the weather was bareable. LillyAnna liked the parade at times but she got a little bored at times too.
After the parade I dropped the girls off and went back to our apartment and waited for Jordan to get home because nothing else was going on. I was so excited for the "Freedom Fest" celebration that night. We left our apartment at about 630 to go see what it was like. It was held at the Central Oklahoma University Campus and when we arrived people were just sitting in their lawn chairs on the hot asphault. We were so confussed. We walked up to the area with booths and games and found out that not much was really going on. I was so sad. When we were leaving we ran into one of Jordan's high school friends, talk about a small world.
We decided to go to Pops and get us some Soda and then got a pizza and found a place to camp out while waiting for fireworks. The pizza might have been a bad idea....the box was infested with ants by the time the fireworks were over.
The fireworks were really good, it was still pretty hot outside even though it was 10pm and there were bugs everywhere but they put on a good show. This was the first time that Jordan and i have been together for fireworks and that made amazing. It's so fun just being together, it makes everything better.
After fireworks we went home and swam in the pool. It was midnight but we didn't care! We had tons of fun :)
Now the 24th of July was a different story. Of course nothing was going on here so we went out to dinner with some couples in the office and then went and played at the arcade. Jordan played the basketball game like crazy and I played some shooting game. For some reason I love those games at the arcades, maybe its from playing duck hunt when I was little.
All in all we can't wait to be home. Utah is definitely the very best place in the world to be during July!
It was fun, but was just like any other day. I cannot wait to be home in July and be able to spend time with our families. It will be amazing!
The fourth of July outside of Utah is way lame. The Fairview parade is amazing because it isn't 5 hours long and tons of candy! Who goes to parades to look at boring floats?
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