Summer Fun!

The 4th of July has to be one of my favorite holidays. With parades, barbeques, family, and fireworks, you can't go wrong. In the past, my family and I would go to the Layton Park where they have a parade in the morning and booths set up all over the park with people selling whatever their heart desires. We would stay there all day and then go home after the fireworks.

This year, however, panned out a little differently than usual. Mark and I decided to go out on the Lake since nobody was able to all get together this year, and we hadn't taken out the Jet Ski since last August. It was the perfect opportunity.

After church on Sunday, we drove up to get the jet ski out of storage so we wouldn't have to worry about it on Monday. But when we got it home, it wouldn't start. We figured it was the battery, so we tried to charge it, but it still didn't work. We then had to search online to find a place that would be open on Monday so we could buy a new one. It turns out, there was just a blown fuse, but we got a new battery anyway since the old one was 3-4 years old.

Finally, we headed out to Utah Lake. It was so much fun to have a day of fun since I have been so stressed lately! Mark's brother and sister-in-law met us there after a few hours for just a little bit since they were in town.

We went from one side of the lake to the other to meet his brother, and so we had to take my cell phone to the other side so we could call them. Mark already had gotten his phone wet, so we took mine. I was a little nervous, since last year when we went out on the lake, my phone took not one, but two swims in the water. We found a plastic bag and put it in the "dry storage" area. Turns out the "dry" storage isn't so dry after all and plastic bags don't always keep out the water, and my phone got wet anyway.

Amazingly, my phone started working again. (It's a trooper!) But sadly for Mark, his phone is toast. Obviously, we have learned our lesson that you shouldn't take your phone out on the water even if you think it will stay dry.

I still got to see my fireworks, even though they weren't up close. We watched them from Mark's uncle's backyard which has an amazing view of the city. (You can see the Bountiful Temple from his back porch in Layton!) It wasn't as good as watching them close up at the park, but it was still nice to see some fireworks, especially since Mark doesn't really like them for some reason!