Festivities on the Fourth

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and for those who celebrated, I hope your Fourth of July was full of fun!

I started the weekend off by making some tasty and festive cupcakes! While these cupcakes are certainly not a perfectionist’s dream and took me a little longer than normal cupcakes because of the food coloring and multiple batters, they were adorable and nice and moist!

As I mentioned last week, our plans for the Fourth were to start at an Arts Festival with ethnic food. My husband has been dreaming about taco stands and was finally in luck! I, on the other hand, saw a booth for Tibetan food and figured, how many chances do you get to try Tibetan food?

I ordered the veggie momos (dish shown above) from the Tibetan restaurant. You could probably compare it to a dumpling. It had lots of flavor and was delicious dipped in a bit of soy sauce. Mmmm.

Then, we were off to Liberty Park to enjoy the 1st Annual Bula One Love Celebration full of live reggae music!

I saw Sione Po’uha almost immediately after arriving there! He’s the NFL player from SLC who put on this huge event!

We bought these awesome bracelets at the art festival. They are made out of recycled belts… how cool is that??

Me, all decked out in my red, white, and blue. My husband likes to take tilted shots of me if you can’t already tell!

Final thoughts on the 4th of July this year:

I love reggae music. I LOVE live reggae music. The drink Bula is so amazingly delicious and I hope they start carrying it in stores soon. Seeing The Wailers live in concert was so much fun. Looking around and seeing everyone singing “Don’t worry about a thing, cause every little thing gonna be alright” is a beautiful thing. After growing up seeing the DC fireworks, no other fireworks show will ever be enough :)

Oh, and… I LOVE AMERICA! There were so many people from SO many different cultures at the One Love Celebration. It was a true reminder of the diverse country that we live in. Seeing the people, tasting the food, and hearing the music of people from different countries and backgrounds helps me appreciate this phenomenal world we ALL live in. ONE LOVE :)