memories from the fourth

ok so i've never been all that out-going, i think my most out-going moment was when i said hi to Rose McMackin in kindergarten and we were friends till like fifth grade or something

Anyway so this was when we went on like three or four family vacations a year two to Oregon and two to Pismo Beach or something. one year we went to Oregon and flew kites before the fireworks and hung out with Tricia's (one of my friends) friends and Caitlin had a major crush on this guy, it was kinda cute, but i never really liked him, but i tagged along because it was better than being stuck at the back of the truck with my family, who were drunk by this point. They had decided to bring their dogs, because they are a sucker for Anna and she wanted to bring the dogs or something along those lines, so being dogs, they got scared as soon as the fireworks started and we had to leave and go home so that they wouldn't run away.

Another year we went to Pismo for the Fourth. it was great, until our motor home got stuck in the sand because we under estimated the high tide. but we roasted marshmallows and had a blast watching two sets of fireworks. we would say ooh on one side and aah on the other. it was great. oh and we spent the entire day at the beach boogie boarding and digging holes and building sand castles and exploring the Dunes, because every time we went up it was a new adventure. it was a blast

for many years after that our family/friends from Washington State would come up for the races and stay for the fourth. since i never liked the races i would stay home with my mom and baby sit the bratty seven-year-old. debi can vouch for me, taya was a brat!! and they would come home and we would go to the fourth of july parade and they would get tired so i would have to come home with them so that would suck, but then we would go to a barbecue and then we always go to the fireworks really early and play games (mainly "Apples to Apples") till it gets too dark to see and then we play by the light of flash lights until the fireworks start, oh and we always laugh at my grandma's totally weird fear of bats, thats always fun.

one year debi came and stayed at my house for that entire week of the fourth, while her parents went camping. that was fun, and i'm surprised that we didn't kill each other, i don't even remember all of that summer other than debi practically lived at my house.

this summer i went to the parade, by my self, well besides my sister, and found friends and called Mrs. McElroy Barb, that was awesome. and i found friends and hung out, but almost everyone had to leave early so caitlin and i went too and helped my family w/ our barbecue, and when we were there, one of my family members was a complete and total ass well here is the whole story:

well jackie, one of our neighbors, is in a wheel chair and we invited her, because we love her, and her plate tipped over and his fam's dog was cleaning up like dogs do ya kno, and he yelled at me to not let her eat it (one she's not my dog, and 2 my dog was on a leash and restrained!) and then he yelled at me to try and clean it up off of jackie's chair but i didn't have anything to clean it up with so he practically threw a napkin at me and my aunt came over and brushed it off of jackie's chair and everything so it was totally fine, he was the only person that made a big deal out of it and everything and then after jen and i had it under control and got Jackie a new plate we went to get our own dinner and he cleaned it up off of the ground and then acted all high and mighty

he drives me crazy!!! ugh but, anyway after dinner i took zannah into my house and showed her some stuff and we basically hid in my room till he went home and then we proceeded to get ready for the fireworks, which were fun, my aunt, uncle, cousin, sister, zannah and i played "Apples to Apples" and then zannah had to leave so we kept playing and then becky came and she wanted to play and then a bunch of other ppl came and wanted to play so we were playing in the dark and it was pretty hilarious then we all watched the fireworks and keith koch and i conjectured about if aliens come to earth it would be to the USA on the fourth of july and we would get the earth annihilated, so basically all the time before and most of it after the incident were pretty cool

i hope everyone else had an amazing/awesome fourth of july