4th of July and Salt River Tubing!!!

Needless to say, Steven and I had a fun week this past week! Our 4th of July was spent with just the two of us but we still enjoyed ourselves! Our ward had a pancake breakfast and since Steven is on the activities committee we were up nice and early for that! There was a great turn-out and plenty of food! As soon as we got home we went swimming (seeing that the temperature was nearing 115....). We spent the rest of the afternoon just relaxing and enjoying the day off. We went driving around, just window shopping and having a blast. We barbecued some hamburgers outside our apartment and then drove down to MCC to enjoy a night of fireworks. Not the best fireworks but still fun.

When Saturday came around, we were ready for some more fun. We got up and went swimming at our gym (a new hobby of mine!) and then came home. We were sitting around, being somewhat bored when we decided to go tubing down the Salt River. Steven had been before but I never had. For those of you who haven't been, go! I'd go again this Saturday if I could! Anyway, we ran to Wal-Mart, grabbed some snacks for the trip, loaded up our towels and coolers and jumped in the car.

There were thousands of people there it seemed like and it seemed like the hottest day of the year! We got our intertubes and loaded up onto some very, very hot and stuffy buses. Steven and I got off at "point 2" to float to the end, instead of starting at the beginning (we were afraid we wouldn't have enough water for 4 hours! so we opted for the 2 hour ride). We got situated in our tubes and started going. The water was a little cold and first but it felt great. There were quite a few people and it was a bit awkward sometimes when your tube would get dragged into a large group of sometimes very drunk people! Very drunk and entertaining!

It's a little hard to see but there are some wild horses in the brush. We came across some more later that were actually standing in the water.

Poor Steven never gets quite enough sun screen....so as of right now, he's enjoying a nice little sun burn! But, we still have fun!