Fourth of July!!

In the morning, we went to the Colonial Days festival in Provo. There were many actors and artisans dressed in the garb of the colonial era. They demonstrated how things were done back then such as basketweaving, blacksmith-ing, candle making, writing styles, speaking, etc... the best demostration was the firing of the muskets which made a few kids cry.

We also got to see many original documents dated from that period with the signatures of our founding fathers and other important men like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Abraham Lincoln.

Then we wandered through the printing museum where they have the most complete and only working Gutenburg press in the world. They demonstrated how printing is done using the press. Amy and I got our name made in metal type for a donation of $2 to the museum.

After all this excitement, we went to watch the Stadium of Fire yesterday. We staked out a spot by the new Hinckley building and waited for her parents to come and meet us there. Her mom brought us dinner: a delicious taco salad which we ate across the street in the shade of some trees. I was amazed at the amount of construction that has happened since I was going to school. They have expanded the Cannon center, Tanner building, and built a parking garage as well! Anyway, we played some games and then got ready for the show. To start, they had some jumpers-- 6 of them-- parachute into the stadium.

(Those two specks are people)

Then we got to play the waiting game (and Phase 10) for the next two hours. Rob and one of his friends came to join us. And then came the best part of the night: The Fireworks!!!

I'm going to have to cut part of the other file with the finale in it. It's too big to post to the blog right now :-)