As a precursor to the 4th of July, my dad was in town for some business. He invited us all to attend 7 Peaks, a water park with him. It was a blast. Mike and I got down a little later because of work, but we made sure to get on as many slides and attractions as possible, including the steep slides. After getting of the steep slides, you had to hurry and check to make sure you were presentable; otherwise you might be more exposed than you like. The rope swings were fun too and Mike topped everyone with his back flip! Our favorite attractions, however, were the boomerang and the vortex. The boomerang is like a big half-pipe and the vortex is like a toilet bowl. It was a good time.
It was now that time again to light up the sky with fireworks! We spent the day prepping by going to lunch and Target with Shree, my mom, and my grandma where Mike purchased his first, and only, v-neck. My grandpa later joined us for “17 Miracles”. Later that night Mike and I revisited the Eaglewood fireworks. We were able to walk around and visit with family and friends. Mike’s uncle Curt was nice enough to have us over for the ideal 4th of July food, hot dogs, chips, and soda. We also got to catch up with Kacee and Brandon who have been living in Washington. It seems like everything is going really well for them. The rest of the night we enjoyed the lights in the sky!
We were able to have our own show at the Hill house on Sunday, July 3rd. Danny and John Price were kind enough to provide the entertainment. This year the exploding fireworks were made legal which made the show all the better. It was also fun to have our own firework show with the family. The 4th of July was spent in Mueller Park Canyon with my mom, Mac, and the Bingham side. We had a fire, hot dogs, and caught up with the family. Mike and I gave each other a little peck and my 8 year old cousin Olivia was watching. She looked up at us with a disgusted look and said, “Perverts!” It was pretty great. We then hiked up part of Elephant Rock with Shree’s family and had good conversation. Mike Brose shared his business experiences with us and gave Mike some useful advice. It was good preparation for the business opportunities that would shortly present themselves.
My mom returned with us to Logan later that night. It was fun to have somebody to spend my days with while Mike was at work. We did various projects around the house. My mom has the artsy eye so it was fun to use her expertise. We framed and hung our desert flower pictures, filled a vase with dried flowers and grass, and spiced up our bedroom with some brown pillows and cloth to make a bed skirt. Unfortunately, Mike was stuck at ICON. However, we had fun during the night time. We went out to eat, got lots of free pizza from Firehouse, gave my mom a tour of Logan, and enjoyed the chocolate waterfall at S.E. Needham Jewelry.
On Thursday the marathon of interviews began. We ran down to Kaysville for some job interviews. Mike and I interviewed for Ragnar. The next morning, he interviewed with Zane Benefits. Then we impressed Ragnar enough to return for our second interview, together. Group interviews are not a good idea. It is awkward when they don’t specify who they want to answer the question. Plus, I may have said a few things which didn’t work in our favor. Like how the only bad things I had heard were from Mike and we both interviewed because it was a double shot at the job. Nevertheless, it gave us hope to have interviews after a long dry spell. Zane Benefits was looking like it had great potential for Mike. We were about to embrace some big changes in the near future. Mike's Icon era was about to come to a close.
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