Fourth of July Weekend

July 5th, 2010
Posted in Fun
By joshbruning
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For this fourth of July weekend, I had my mom and sister up to visit! We had a blast. Well, I can at least speak for myself. :-) On the evening of the third, we put my grill to good use – it has been getting used quite a bit recently, which makes me quite happy. We grilled chicken, corn-on-the-cob, and asparagus wrapped in bacon. Delicious! And some of my friends brought cole slaw and spinach-artichoke dip.

The weather on the fourth was pretty pitiful, so we didn’t see a full-fledged fireworks display; however, I discovered that the Fourth of July is an amazing time to see a movie! The theaters were empty, so we could laugh as loud as we wanted! I took my sister to see Toy Story 3 in 3D. It was her first modern 3D movie, so she was pretty amazed. (I had seen Avatar when it came out.) I’m not sure what my favorite part was, but Barbie and Ken’s interactions usually had me laughing – haha.

No one around here appreciates clothes. ~Ken

And Mr. Potato Head defending the Mrs.:

Nobody removes my wife’s mouth but me! ~Mr. Potato Head

There was also an enjoyable short film at the beginning entitled “Day & Night”. I thought it was a very interesting and creative animation – it reminded me of some paintings that I’ve seen before, where the background is an element of the foreground. As it’s kind of hard to describe, here’s the trailer:

Mom, my sister, and I also played a lot of Guesstures, Apples to Apples, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario Party 8. My other sister and her husband, and my dad and brother weren’t able to make it up this time around – so hopefully, I’ll get a chance to see them sometime soon!