ya know...to be honest i haven't really loved a summer too much in the past couple years. but right now...with the sun out and no clouds in the sky. I COULDN'T LOVE IT MORE!!!!
Thinking about summer made me realize i never mentioned what the fam and i did for the 4th!!!
the 4th is one of my favorite holidays, i love bbq's i love wearing red white and blue without having to defend myself and i love that all over the US people are havin a dang good time. on a couple of occasions in my life i've been oversea's for the 4th...and its really just so depressing. People look at us like we're crazy when they overhear our cheers for independence. not like we're embarrassed but its still alittle sad.
about 3 years ago we went and visited my favorite uncle and aunt and cousins up in seattle. we really had no idea what to expect but my cousin tyler kept telling me that it'd be the best 4th celebration ever. WELL PEOPLE IT WAS...it was so great...that we decided that going to Bainbridge would become another tradition for us on the 4th.
Here are the reasons why going to Bainbridge on the 4th is so awesome:
1. bainbridge is the coolest island ever, you get to take a big huge ferry from downtown seattle harbor straight across to Bainbridge island where EVERYONE is happy
2. the shopping on B.I. is so fun...its total island touristy stuff but so fun, in the past 3 years its really gotten better too with many more art gallery's, amazing paper stores, and some of the best jewelry boutiques ever. seriously.
3. the house we stay at is AMAZING...really movies should be shot there. Out of every window you can see Seattle...like city seattle. Its really one of the prettiest skylines i've ever witnessed.
4. They have two houses there...so its double the fun.
5. ILLEGAL FIREWORKS!!!!!! (i grew up in the foothills of Boise idaho and when i was 12 we had to stay up all night afraid that our house was going to be burned down because of fires...therefore boise has a strict "no cool fireworks" code and so for 18 years i never knew the possibilities of bottle rockets, mortar balls, and ladybugs) Buying fireworks at the indian reservation is soooooo fun because my dad and uncle and cousins take it so seriously and make deals that i would never dream of. And this year my dad actually got illegal illegal fireworks from "under the table".
6. Not only can we set off the worlds best fireworks from the backyard into the Sound...we can watch atleast 8 different cities fireworks from the seattle area and it really is the most amazing thing ever. i have total sensory overload like a 5 yr old at toy's r us and basically tune out the world. its so fun.
7. we set off fireworks for 4 solid hours...and still have atleast 2 boxes full for next year. (one of my favorite times during this year was how we started off the night with a salute to 2007 using up all the leftover fireworks we could...and we still didnt get through it all.)
Another quick story...my dad decided to up the anty from 3 years ago by buying a 2000 roll of firecrackers to be the show opener for the night...and so we rolled the firecrackers out on the edge of the backyard and it was 9 FEET LONG...which roughly translates to 8 minutes of firecrackers...it was nuts...we couldnt even tape the whole thing on our cameras because it was so long.
So...this is all...and i'm sorry i dont have any pictures...we're not much of a photo family us carrasco's...but i like to think it's because we have too much fun to want to stop! ok!?
Hope you all enjoyed the independence of our country in the best possible way!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!! HOME OF THE FREE!!!!
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