4th of July + Provo River Float

Now that I'm done re-capping our super fun Sac/SF trip, I finally get to share my 4th of July weekend festivities with you!! Like I said in this post, we met Rosa & Ian at the wedding in Sacramento and they came to visit us for the weekend with our friend Jaz. It was a serious blast. Non-stop eating, hanging out, late nights, and holiday weekend excitement! 

We woke up early 4th of July morning to my brother Jesse cooking an amazing German Pancake breakfast for us. Yummmmm. After we were in a food coma for a couple of hours, we started to make burgers for our BBQ. Ryan got this new contraption which helps put and keep stuff inside a burger patty. So we ate cheese-stuffed burger patties....they are just as amazing as they sound! 

After another heavenly food coma, we pulled together chairs and blankets and swung by Sodalicious for some treats to snack on while watching the fireworks. We camped out on BYU campus and watched the amazing Stadium of Fire show! Such a perfect 4th!

On the 5th we drove up the canyon and floated the Provo River, which is insanely fun by the way. I've lived here for YEARS and have never done this. What the heck was I doing?! Ryan wasn't able to make it that day, but I told him that I'd definitely be up for floating the river again. It was a blast! Even with the horrific sunburn I ended up getting...totally worth it ;)

Finally a successful river float selfie!! After our 2 hour float we were ravenous! We hauled our river/swamp people rears over to Firehouse for a nice hearty sandwich...and man was that satisfying. The holiday weekend carried on with bonfires, smores, card games, much needed naps, and more delicious food until our friends made their way home on Monday. Can't wait for some more summer parties! 

Sharing a Coke on the 4th of July

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This 4th of July we had some new friends come in from Sacramento and I was excited to celebrate the holiday with them! We literally met them last weekend at a wedding, and just hit it off! We wanted to share with them all that Provo has to offer, and eventually convince them to move here ;) Which means that floating the river, watching fireworks, and hosting a BBQ were all in order. Ryan made cheese stuffed patties for our burgers (so delish) and I also picked up some Cokes to share with our new friends. Sharing is caring!

I was super bummed that I couldn't find bottles with any of our names on them, but I found adorable Friends and Family bottles that were just as charming! They had some other fun bottles such as BFF, Soulmate, Friend, and Buddy. Now I'll be on the hunt for bottles that have Ryan's name on it to surprise him at work with a thoughtful treat!

Jaz, my college roommate from sophomore year being a dweeb with the Friends Coke bottle. She is seriously one of my favorite people and I'm so happy she was able to share her best friends Ian and Rosa with us; we had a complete blast the entire weekend!

I stopped by my Orem, UT Walmart location to check out the fun products Coke has to offer with the new #ShareItForward campaign. I ended up chatting with the demo attendant Linda about being a recent college graduate and I asked about her life and grown children. It was so fun meeting someone new and sharing a Coke together! I tried taking a close-up selfie with Linda, but she was a little sketched out about being on "the internets" :)

I found my Cokes at the refrigerator near the cash registers which makes it so convenient to snag one on my way out at the end of a shopping trip. When you stop by Walmart, make sure to grab a personalized Coke for a friend! Delicious & refreshing soda is a sure-fire way to make new friends or to show your loved ways that you're thinking of them :) #CollectiveBias