4th of July

The 4th of July is one of my absolute favorite holidays. I love doing fireworks, eating amazing food, watching the Freedom Festival parade and spending so much time with the family.

This year there were about 30 Weitzeil family members that came down for the holiday, and they all stay at my parents house = one full house! This is the 20th year my parents have been hosting this tradition. We always wake up bright and early so we can save our spot on Center Street in Provo for the parade. Since all of us were going off of 4 hours of sleep, we stocked up on candy to keep us awake.

After the parade, we ate lunch at my parents house. The guys went golfing and the girls went shopping, it's tradition... us Weitzeil's like to stick to our traditions. It was such a great afternoon with everyone.  It was a successful 4th of July!

Let the Festivities Begin

The 4th of July is a big deal in the Weitzeil family. The party always starts on the 3rd. Everyone on the Weitzeil side of my family comes to my parents house for the big celebration.

This year, my parents decided to hold the party in Glen Canyon park up Provo Canyon. We met at the pavilion at 6:30 pm. The night was filled with food, games, a beautiful scenery and lots of pictures (I have been so excited to use my new camera!). Once the sun started to set, we cleaned up and headed back to my parents house.

This was definitely the best year yet for fireworks, my dad loaded up on them. Fireworks are one of my favorite parts of the 4th of July.

At 12 am sharp, all the cousins piled into cars and made our annual "In 'N Out" run. It's always more enjoyable to go late, it's great for people watching (mine and Chad's favorite :). This is one of the few times of the year that I enjoy staying up really late, it's all part of the experience!

Surprise

5 pm.

Leave work.

Drive to Chad's work.

Chad gets in the car.

"Guess what?" - Chad

"What?"

"I got you a surprise."

"Why? What is it?"

"Because I love you. I got you an Olympus E-PL5"

!!!!

I have been wanting this camera since Ryan Chai used that camera to shoot our wedding. I take so many pictures on my iPhone because it's always on me, but I wanted something better. 

Chad spoils me so much, I definitely don't deserve it. He seriously is the best husband. I am so grateful that he's mine! It makes me want to take more pictures. Prepare yourself for more blog posts :)

TGIF

This weekend was such a blast, I can't believe it's already over. Time flies when you're having fun, right? For our Friday night date, we decided to go to a restaurant we have never been to before. We have heard good things about Molly's in Provo, so we decided to give it a try. The food was really good, it tasted just like my moms cooking (but nothing can beat her cooking ;). I really enjoyed it until I found a blonde hair in my salad [GROSS]. I always have the worst luck with finding hair in my food. Luckily they were nice about it and gave me a new side dish.

Since we ate WAY too much at dinner, we decided we needed to go on a walk. Since the DI is right across the street, we decided to do some thrift shopping. I always feel gross going through the DI, but I always find it interesting to look at peoples stuff.

We felt bad for ditching Bruno all day, so we picked him up and went to the park and played fetch. It's crazy how much we love Bruno. He's like our child. Life is grand.