the twenty fourth day in july is celebrated here in utah somewhat like the fourth. mostly, we were just excited because it meant we both had the day off of work, which for us is reason enough for a celebration alone, holiday or not. because we were in england for the fourth of july, we decided to walk two miles each way (kramer included) down to see the fireworks at the park. however, we were a bit disappointed by their efforts this year and sort of ended up ditching out early. we did do a few of our own sparklers though, which i think are the prettiest anyway, and if it wasn’t obvious enough, we took so many pictures i had the hardest time narrowing them down … so here is to sparklers … a lot of them. 

last night, camden and i went to our first drive in together as a married couple. sure, both of us had been plenty of times growing up but never yet together. this being the case, we both had very different ideas about how to properly see a movie when one is watching the movie from ones car. growing up as a kid, we would always fold down all the seats, pile all the blankets that would fit in the back of our land-cruiser, and make the biggest and comfiest of all backseat beds. camden and his family however, would pull into the theater with the front of their car facing the movie screen and just watch the movie from their seats. i was one hundred percent convinced that my way was the only way so that is what we tried, the whole bed in the back of the car thing, all the while forgetting the fact that our car is about one-tenth the size of the car we had growing up. after much stubbornness on my side, i reluctantly gave in and we watched the movie from the front seats. we have definite plans to go again, but next time we’re borrowing a bigger car and that’s just that.