i went here:

blew up these:

{the really big kind that are only legal in Wyoming. they were like, professional size fireworks. amazing}
saw my first one of these:

{it was fantastic. if i don’t marry a cowboy, I’ll at least have to have a hot fling with one at some point.}
and shot my first one of these:

now if that isn’t a truely american 4th of July, i don’t know what is.
