4th of July

This Fourth of July may be one of my favorites ever. I have always loved the Liberty fireworks and I didn't think anything would ever beat them (you get to lay down and they are right above you-amazing!) but this might have done it, or at least come really really close! On Fisher's, I guess the 4th of July is a really big deal so lots of people come up just for this weekend. Everywhere was crowded but it just made everything more fun.

I started off the day by going to church for the first time here on the Island. Luckily, I had met a couple of the people that I go to church with a couple days earlier so I knew some people before. Natali dropped me off for the 8:15 ferry and I met up with the 8 other people that I will be going to church with. There are 6 girls and 5 of us are nannies and from Utah. The other girl is a lifegaurd from Idaho. And then 3 guys. Everybody is so cool and I already feel like they are all my best friends. We got to New London at 9:00 and someone was there to pick us up and take us to church. Our church started at 10, so we had to wait a while but it was alright. The ward there is so small and I think they have already requested my records. 2 of the guys teach primary so I went with one of them yesterday to help him. It was so much fun and if I get a calling, they said it would probably be in the primary, maybe even just staying and helping him. After church got out at 1, we went to the family's house who picked us up from the ferry. We ate there and played games until we had to leave for our 3:00 ferry.

After we got off, I went with 2 of the girls to one of their houses and we just hung out for a bit and she took me home to change. Then we all met back up again to have a cookout and watch the sunset. It was so awesome. I love the sunsets here, and they are so fun to watch every night.


This is all 9 of us before the fireworks started. We were at a place called dock beach and it was just perfect because they were doing the fireworks on the other side of the water and so the reflection from the fireworks were what made it so amazing. I had a great 4th of July, and first day of church. It was kinda nice to just get away from the house and just be with friends for one day.