4th of July Weekend

What an amazing weekend we had this 4th of July!! I haven't uploaded photos yet, but will do so later this evening.

So Thursday night, we just enjoyed the evening together and spent the evening at home. We woke up Friday morning, packed up and headed down to Provo. We had a few things we needed to do at the rental place, but after that we went to the mall and did some shopping. We bought this thing called a Magic Jack and if you have a home phone line, that's not bundled, this thing is AMAZING! It works with your internet and it only costs $20 for the device and only $20 PER YEAR!!! So we now have a home phone, but I haven't sent out the number yet because we need an actual phone :)

After shopping we met up with some of our best friends Marshall and Jen! They are so much fun and they are just like us. We met up at the base of Provo Canyon and we were off to go camping! On our way there, of course we get a flat tire and being the girl that I am, I'm glad Josh and Marshall were tire changing pros and got it fixed in no time! We drove another 10-15 min. or so to a private camp ground.

So get this... our sister in law (Josh's brother's wife), her family owns about 600-700 acres or something crazy like that up in Provo Canyon, just past Vivian Park. You can only access it through a private gate, and they let us go up there and camp on their land! It was gorgeous! Their property also includes some great spots right along the Provo river and also all the way up and over the mountain, so we pretty much got to choose anywhere we wanted to camp! We decided to stay along the river and we set up camp.

Josh and I used our new tent, which we love and we made some dinner, toasted some marshmallows and just enjoyed each others company. We had some great stir fry for dinner which was top notch for camping! The weather was great, there wasn't any rain like forecasted and we camped there for the evening.

The next morning, our sister in laws dad (who owns the land) came by and he took us up on a 6 wheeler up the mountain side. It was absolutely beautiful! We were about eye level with Timp, which was soooo cool! Again, I have many pictures that are awesome and I'll post those soon. After riding around for about an hour or 2, we headed back home. We came up and had a BBQ and then went over to Sandy to watch the fireworks from town hall.

All in all, it was a great weekend and very relaxing. I'm glad we have great friends, and a wonderful country where we can enjoy our many freedoms. We are so lucky.