Fourth of July Weekend

After we got all packed up and moved out from Rexburg we headed to Lander for the fourth of July. Saturday after we got there and Micah and her friend Devin made it down from the mountain we went to Tony’s for pizza and sat on the roof. Brought back a lot of memories because it was the first time we had sat on the roof since our “official first date.” The sun was SO bright but it was a perfect night and the gluten free pizza completely hit the spot. I love that place.

Later that night I really needed to go for a run because it had been a busy week of playing spikeball every night instead of running. So Micah, Vince and I went for a 2.5-mile run, which actually felt really good. Afterwards Vince made the best cranberry lemon smoothie while we watched Garrett and Debbie smack talk while playing Rummikub. Garrett was winning 2-1.

On Sunday we slept in, went to church where Garrett got asked approximately 50 times, “what happened to your head?” 3 times in the first 3 minutes we were there. Then we took dinner to Jim and Wendy Gibson and chatted with them for a long time.

Monday was the 4^th of July and it started at 6:00 am. Our 5k race started at 7 am so we were up and headed out around 6:40. The last time I ran a race was 2 years ago on the 4^th but I felt much more prepared this time around. Micah, her friend Devin, and Vince all ran it as well. I was SO bummed that Garrett couldn’t run it but we didn’t want sweat all up in his wound. 

Pre-race pictures: 

I had the mindset that I just wanted to finish in under 28 minutes. The whole time I was running I felt like I was dying after 2^nd street hill but my knees felt good and I just wanted to get it over with. I ended up finishing in 25 minutes and 10 seconds. I took 23^rd place out of like 500 so I was pretty pleased with myself! I was so happy to make Garrett proud especially because he couldn’t run it with me after training. I downed watermelon and water afterwards. It took awhile to catch my breath but felt good afterwards! 

 

They had a pancake breakfast with ham but I just had ham, watermelon, and a banana. We hung out there for a while and then Garrett took Micah, Devin, and I home to shower and get ready for the parade.

Post Race:

We went and met Debbie and Vince at the parade around 10! It was a good parade! Micah and Devin were in the parade riding their bikes next to the Louis Lake Lodge float where they work. This is not even being biased. They had the BEST float. It was so good and creative! We sat in the shade, didn’t get wet, and a piece of candy rolled right to me so it was a successful parade.

Then we headed over to City Park for the Buffalo BBQ. It was seriously the perfect day. We kept on saying that. Then the wind went crazy later that afternoon.

After the lunch we came back from lunch, we all kind of just hung out and chilled. We played some cards after everyone got back. Then Garrett's grandparent's all came over along with his cousin Travis for dinner. We ate and then we all went over to the Rodeo grounds and watched some of the events. 

 

Then we watched fireworks in the backyard with everyone and watched them over the valley and then we ate ice cream that hit the spot. 

The next day, we had to get Suzy fixed, Garrett had to go to the dentist, and we ran a ton of errands and got a lot done! We had a great weekend with everyone in Lander!