The one thing that I don't like about Utah is that if there is a holiday that is on a Sunday they have to change it to a different day. The only good thing about the 4th of July this year was we were able to spend it all weekend because different cities were having it different days. My thought on a holiday on Sunday is if no one wants to spend the holiday on a Sunday then they shouldn't but leave the holiday alone.
This was the first 4th of July in years that Chris was able to spend it with us. Due to circumstances. We started to 4th of July festives on Saturday. We woke up early and went to the Clearfield Parade. Clearfield always throws the best parades. Then we went to the Kaysville park and looked around there because the Fisher park in Clearfield wasn't doing anything until later on that day. Then after that we went to Chris' parents and had a BBQ and watched the fireworks in their backyard. It was a fun time with family and friends. I was so blessed to have my sister there with her family so it was great.
On Sunday we went to two BBQ's and went to our friend Luke's parents house and watched him light fireworks. No cities were doing anything on Sunday so we decided to have our own 4th of July because its still the 4th and you can't have the 4th without fireworks. We don't care if a holiday is on a Sunday we will celebrate it anyways because we want our kids to have the best time of every holiday.
Then yesterday; Monday we went to the Layton Parade and it was ok. Clearfield's was better. The Layton Parade wasn't even an hour long. Then we weren't doing much for that day because we were already practically burnt out by the time Monday came around. We tried to go to the Layton Fireworks later on in the day but that wasn't going to happen. It was complete meyham in Layton. I couldn't believe it! It was like the whole state was in Layton. We couldn't find a parking spot because they had the road blocked off by the library and Layton High school. Everywhere we turned we either saw a car or a person in the streets. See this is what happens when Layton is the only city that waits until Monday to celebrate the 4th. That made me so mad because everyone wanted to go to the Layton Fireworks. We were so frusterated that we ended up going to my mom's and watching them from there. We could barely see them but they were better than nothing. All in all it was a great and busy weekend. Constantly going. I was trying to make the best of it because we didn't know when Chris was going to have another 4th of July off so I wanted to have a lot of fun while we had the chance together.
Chris lost his job on Thursday. It was a worst time, right before the 4th. They fired him for something completly stupid. They have been trying to get rid of him for a while so in a way we weren't surprised but at the same time no one wants to hear those words. It was like a punch in the stomach when I heard it. The reason why they fired him was about a game system. A customer came in a few weeks ago and traded in a XBOX and when someone trades in a game system you have to enter in the serial number in the computer to show that it came in. Well Chris did that and they said that he didn't. He was suppose to get it off the game system itself but he got it off the box because he couldn't find it on the game system itself so they fired him for that. It really sucks because now his boss left a bitter taste in my mouth and all I want to do is go there and beat the crap out of her but that isn't going to change anything. We feel like it was a blessing in diguise because he was really hating his job because it seemed like whatever he was doing wasn't good enough for her. He got his last check on Friday and we paid some bills so we will be ok for a month. He filed for unemployment and there is a good chance he will get that. We just have to take it a day at a time. I am very proud of my husband though, he is trying to stay positive and he is enjoying the time with his family. Its nice for him to be home because when he was working we weren't spending a lot of time together. I want to thank everyone that has been supporting us and being there for us through this tough time, I know we can make it, we have a lot of good people on our side. Hopefully he can find a job soon.
