4th of July in the ATL

I am really trying to keep this blog updated now so that I can make up for all the time I didnt keep it up to date. So I just flew into Utah this morning from Atlanta. Im here to watch my parent's dog while they travel Europe. Poor parents... Anyway, I was really sad to leave Aaron even if it is only for two weeks. I mean, I did wait for him for two years! But after that I dont like being away from him for any amount of time. In my mind I already served my time and I dont want to go through that again.

Yesterday was the 4th of July and since we were in Atlanta we were not familiar with the area and where to go to celebrate our nations birthday. I found this cool place called Rock Mountain Park not too far from where we are living. It is literally this HUGE rock that is the size of a mountain. On the side of it there is a carving of some general from Georgia from the Civil War. Its kinda an attraction spot so there is a little village park area below the rock mtn. with tons of little shops and bbq food places and a rope course and a area to golf. And at the end of each night they have a lazer show on the side of the mountain. It sounds pretty fun right? At least thats what I thought. A whole group of us went there around 3 to try to beat the croud and hopefully get a pot reserved for our group at a bbq area or somewhere on the grass for the Lazer and firework show at night. But even at 2 in the afternoon the traffic was horrible and the entire park was filled. There wasnt a spot left on the grass for us to sit and in order to do any of the activities there (rope course, golfing, take the tram up the mountain, ect.) you had to buy some sort of day pass for like $40 a person and a two hour wait to do anything! SO NOT WORTH IT! We were bored out of our minds and to make matters worse it was so so so hot! Even in the sade I felt like I was dying of heat stroke. The last thing we wanted to do was stand around in a huge croud of people in the blazing heat until 9:30 just to watch the fireworks. So all of us decided to head back home and get some food then hang out at the pool and maybe find some fireworks near by when it got dark. But of course we had to snap some quick pics before we left. I was able to get a video of John (the office manager), Chad (Stacy's husband), and Aaron reinacting Johns son getting a splinter in his foot. They actually had to hold him down and use tweezers to get it out! Poor kid! He was screaming crying and after seeing how big the splinter was I dont blame the kid. I would have cried my eyes out too! Anyway, the Rock Mountain park was fun while it lasted. It was actually really cool! Im sure in other circumstances we would have had a great time but it was just too crouded for us. Aaron and I went to Wild Buffalo Wings and then got milkshakes afterwards then went to pool with everyone until it got dark. Unfortunately we didnt get to see any fireworks but Aaron and I had a fun time together and thats all that really counts. :)