Pink! Green!

July 2, 2010
We headed to Logan for the 4th of July weekend, making a stop to watch the fireworks show with my family. As a kid all of my aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents would cram into the USU stadium with half of Cache Valley to watch the show. Then we'd stay up the rest of the night as pyromaniacs lighting what must have cost my grandma a good $500 (I'm not joking) worth of fireworks. It was AWESOME. But my expectations for the fourth have lowered over the years as I've realized it's just not worth battling the crowds for a parking spot at the stadium, trying to keep kids entertained and happy while you wait for it to get dark enough to start the show, or spend that much money on explosives. Luckily Pearl is still young enough that we can get away with watching them from a distance, although I'm sure at some point that will change and I'll be crazy enough to do exactly what my parents and grandparents did for us as kids and fork over the money and sanity to get into the stadium. Pearl and Ruby took turns yelling "Pink" and "Green" in between mouthfuls of popcorn. It didn't matter what the actual color of firework was in the sky, they were all pink or green. I didn't watch much of the show since it was WAY past Cole's bedtime and had to start walking back to my parent's house before the grand finale to get Cole fed and in his jammies. I seem to remember doing the same thing three years ago when Pearl was a baby. Too bad this year she wasn't as eager to go to bed after the fireworks display as her little brother!