Yahoo!!!

So, I am celebrating with chocolate ice cream right now! I think you all know that I am up to my ears right now in classes. I am taking 12 credits in a 4-week period...English 102, Political Science 103, History 102 and Music Appreciation (which I thought was going to be easy but is proving to be one of the harder classes.) Anyway, I have been dreading an English essay all month long because it had the strangest subject I have ever heard. These were the instructions, "write an essay about "developing awareness" of the world within you (attitudes, values, feelings etc.) and the world outside of you (physical reality—seeing, hearing, observing etc.)" Huh??? That is what I have been saying for three weeks now...but I am finally done with it! Just turned it in! Hallelujah! That deserves ice cream, right?

I still have two research papers to do, but even though they are both to be 2-3 times the length of the essay I just turned in, they will be a breeze in comparison. This weekend my girls are away with my dad at the Jorgensen family reunion and Beau and Chase are doing some fishing so I will have a lot of time to finish everything else up! Yay! (Although I have to say thank goodness for my dogs or I would be really lonely! I miss my kiddos.)

La Fiesta

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Last night we decided to watch the city fireworks from the park. There was a very festive spirit...but it was the first time I have ever watched 4th of July fireworks to Mexican fiesta music. It really cracked me up! We had fun though!

And, for those of you in Utah, I have to put a plug in for the best 4th of July festivities ever! (I should have posted this before the 4th-but there's always next year.) The little town of Huntsville up Ogden canyon has the absolute best 4th celebration! They have a beautiful park lined on all sides with huge evergreen trees. All day they have fun things for the kids to do. They have lots of fair type booths set up and small rides and you can bring a picnic. If you need more to do during the day, the lake is just behind the park. Then at about 6 or 7 pm they have a dj near a stage area that plays fun, silly music that your whole family can dance to. Then, when its dark everyone lays down on blankets on the grass and they shoot the fireworks directly over the park...like sparks are flying down on you and they blast beautiful patriotic music during the whole thing. I absolutely love it! We were sad not to be there this year. When we lived in UT, we went every year and the kids still ask every year to go back...Maybe next year.