"I get why they call it Stadium of Fire now!"

A very long day indeed is getting up at 6 am to get ready and leave for Vernal, and then come back at night and take two very excited girls to the Stadium of Fire at the BYU Stadium in Provo. The excitement stemmed from the fact that Miley Cyrus was performing. One of the very first things on the program were these "jumpers." They announced this tribute to the military by pointing to a plane overhead. One plane, very high up;I didn't get it at first. But everyone kept pointing so I kept looking. It took Rhett's 8 year old niece to explain it to me that they were "jumpers." Tiny specks started to surround the plane and you realized that they were people! (Well, probably most people realized it alot sooner than me.) This was one of the coolest things I have ever seen!! They landed right on the field, each of them with a different military represented, attached to them.
(How would you like to be the Event Coordinator for this thing?? "Kay, cue the people falling out of the sky now... Roger that")The MC for the night, Glenn Beck, said that the Stadium of Fire was the largest Freedom Festival held in the world. I have to say it was amazing, inspiring, fun and a reminder to me how blessed I am to live in a country made free by people I will never know, who love God and country above all else.



Jumper Video


"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." - Thomas Paine



And oh my gosh, it's MILEY CYRUS! I apologize for the not so high quality photos. It was dark and crazy lighting, and my kodak was working it's hardest. To say that Hannah and her cousin Lexie were excited for seeing Miley Cyrus would be about the understatement of the century. They decked themselves out in Hannah Montana attire and rocked out to all the songs. Rhett came along initially because he didn't trust my night vision nor navigation skills to get me and the girls home in one piece. At first I was officially offended, but in the end totally relieved he knows me well. It was a nightmare getting parked and then home. The paper said 250,000 people alone were in Provo outside the stadium to watch the fireworks. Despite her over usage of the words "excited" and "awesome" I thought Miley did great and it was fun to see the girls have such a good time.







"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle." - George William Curtis