4th of July/Jon's birthday

This year for Jon's/America's birthday, we went to a really fun place called Gilroy Gardens.  It was not even remotely busy, maybe because of the holiday, and we spent the whole day there.  I didn't get many great pictures, because we were too busy having fun.

 

In 1947, Axel Erlandson opened what he called a Tree Circus.  He would graft Sycamore trees together in intricate shapes to create something really amazing.  To this day, no one is sure quite how he accomplished what he did.  It's quite amazing to see in person.

Give me spinning garlic over spinning teacups any day.

You can't tell, but this is Jasper's 3rd time on his first roller coaster.  He really loved it, which was surprising to all of us.

The Gardens held a BBQ lunch, which was good, especially the ice cream after.  It's been quite some time since we've had Push-Ups.

They also have a water play area for the kids.  It gets very hot in Gilroy, though thankfully the park is quite shady and this water area is a nice place to cool off.

After the Gardens, we ate dinner and headed over to Gilroy High School for fireworks.  It was a really fun day; one of our best 4th's.