Independence Day 2012

Just like the rest of the world, we spent this 4th of July outside in the sunshine-and I now have the sunburn to prove it haha! But we'll just focus on the positive that it will eventually turn into a tan, and talk now about the fun stuff.

Thanks to some of our friends, Lester and I had a free canoe rental waiting for us the morning of the fourth. So after sleeping in and packing ourselves a picnic, we strapped that sucker up to our little truck and headed out. The canoe was about as big as our vehicle, so it was a bit of an interesting ride there, but that's how we like it! Our plan was to just take some nice, one on one time and canoe down the Snake River. Once we got to the spot we were going to start, our awesome friends drove our car down the river and parked it there for when we got back. The weather was gorgeous and we had SO much fun just being the two of us, lazy and carefree for the first time in a long time. One thing I love about our relationship is that we NEVER run out of things to talk about, and I don't think we ever will. It is rare to find someone you fit that well with I think-and even if someday we do, we just like being together. So it was nice. There were parts where we paddled, parts where we chilled, parts where we hopped out and swam for a bit, and parts where we docked to eat our lunch. Over all it was a lot of fun, and it took about 3 hours-longer then we expected but we were OK with that.

After docking and getting back home, we watched Mission Impossible which I had never seen [Independence Day wasn't available dang it haha!] and ate ice cream. We recuperated from the heat for a while longer, before we eventually hooked up with our friends that Tait's and BBQ some burgers and other good stuff. After that, we headed over to the nearby park to try to catch some fireworks. Several others did the same, so when the sprinklers randomly went off on all of us it was funny to see how fast we were all able to move. We ended the night back at our place watching a scary movie.

I suppose it doesn't sound like the most patriotic Independence Day, but I like to think that we celebrated exactly the way our forefathers meant-taking full advantage of our freedoms with the people and things we love most. Now we'll just have to see if we can make it through the next two weeks, and then we'll be heading home for a bit!