What can I say? We love America. We are so blessed to live in this country and to have the privilege of contributing to its defense by serving in the military. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. This year, we celebrated by spending the day at the beach and then finishing up with a San Diego Symphony concert overlooking the bay. The concert was great, although it was a little lacking in Sousa marches. (It just isn't the 4th of July without the Stars & Stripes Forever!) The end concert ended just in time to watch the city fireworks over the bay. We could see fireworks in 3 different locations from where we were sitting. It was awesome! The final adventure of the evening was making our way home. We had ridden the trolley downtown to avoid the traffic, but we forgot to take into account the fact that thousands of people would be trying to ride the trolley out of downtown at the end of the fireworks. We got stuck at a transfer station downtown for over an hour with a couple thousand other people, and Kelson almost had to call the police when a brawl broke out on the trolley tracks. We finally got home about 11:30 that night. What an adventure!
The one thing our 4th of July was lacking in was a proper barbecue, so we broke out the grill and made hotdogs a couple of days later. Kelson introduced me to the Brazilian hot dog. The hot dogs are topped with mayo, cheese, mustard, pickles, and chips. They were pretty good.
Being the great Americans that we are, we of course love baseball too! Kelson has been working hard on turning me into a Padres fan. We had a chance to go to our first Padres game of the season when our college friends, Courtney & Andrew Thorup, were in town visiting. Kelson & Andrew had a great time watching & analyzing the game while Courtney & I swapped pregnancy stories. We are both excitedly looking forward to having little girls this fall.
It was so much fun to spend the evening with them!
We had the chance to go to one last Padres game on our last weekend in San Diego. It was Mormon night at the Padres. They recognized all of the Mormon Helping Hands volunteers from the community, which was really cool.
Baby bump! Kelson already has plans to train our little lady to be a Padres fan.
Watching the sun set behind Petco Park & the San Diego skyline. We have loved living here!
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