Of course more than ever, we really missed back home the 4th of July weekend. We both love the 4th of July: celebrating our independence, the fireworks, the BBQs, the fun in the sun, the time with friend and family. And to top off our home sickness it is Seth and Katie’s wedding anniversary so they ditched us for a little weekend getaway. Lame.

We started our weekend out with a lazy Saturday morning and then after Reagan’s nap decided we should check out the blueberry picking right behind the apartment. There is a little farm right next to us and we had read that you could go in and pick blueberries. We knew Reagan would love this. It was like $5 a person to go in and you could eat all you wanted. Since Reagan is only 1 she was free. They didn’t know she would out eat both of us. She just loved it. She would just pick handfuls and shove it all in her mouth.The next thing I knew she wasn’t even picking them she was just putting her face in the bush and eating them right off     the 

bush. After about an hour straight of blueberry picking and eating we were all basically blueberries ourselves and decided we would head back to the house. That night was a friend of Matt’s birthday so we went upstairs and enjoyed a little time with people our age. Of course as always Reagan was a hit and everyone just loved her. The awesome thing was we met some new Americans that were just here for a summer internship, and they were having a BBQ the next evening and invited us to join. At least we had some other Americans to celebrate with.

The next day, July 4th, we also had a BBQ with the hiking club Matt joined. So we headed down with some guacamole and some chips. Everyone loves our guacamole here. They think it is fantastic and every once in awhile you look up and someone is eating it with a fork. The downfall is it is gone so fast and avocados aren’t cheap. Oh well at least they like it. After some great burgers and a little bit of everything else people had brought, we headed up for a little bit of R&R and to get the stuff ready for the next BBQ. It was really awesome to enjoy the evening with a bunch of Americans. And they were even our age. After some more good food and good conversation we headed out to a dirt lot by the apartments and set off some fireworks. Reagan absolutely loved them.

It sure wasn’t anything like home but it was an excellent substitute. We're enjoying our time here, but we miss the good ole US of A and can’t wait to be back in the country we love.