7.4.10

independence!

FREEDOM.

i love the fourth of july.

especially sparklers.

last year i wore this red dress and blue earrings to show my love of America.

last year i was in Appleton, Wisconsin.

last year i was a missionary.

did you know missionaries are NOT allowed to play with fireworks?

ya its one of the many rules.

i really did COMPLETELY forget.

i saw sparklers and got SO excited.

only AFTER the fact of playing with them did one of the elders remind sister johnson and i that is was illegal for us.

thanks. telling us BEFORE would have been a greater help. 

too late. we got some sweet photographs though.

i miss this girl. my little sister j.

V = for Virginia. her first name.

nothing prettier than Virginia in May. Johnson.

this year was quite a diff experience.

for 1. july 4th was on SUNDAY. 

Sundays for me means i dont do anything but Church and relax with marmie.

for 2. i was NOT a missionary.

which meant SPARKLERS = GO FOR IT!

for 3. i was HOME. monrovia style.

that hasnt happened in 4+ years.

funnest time all together.

we [mikey. hillary jones. d-roq. melanie.] played with sparklers and photography.

we also played rook most of the night.

thanks for introducing me to the game mike!

you and d-roq = team domination.

good thing we split you boys up.

HAPPY AMERICAS DAY!

freedom is the best.

7.4.10