Happy 4th of July

For the 4th we started out the day with waffles, strawberries, and whip cream.  So good!  Then we hurried to walk and make most of the parade in Huntington.  Kaila's flip flop was lost from the stroller and I ran all the way back to the house to get it and then after much indecision finally got the Rebecca's bike to ride back to them after running back a ways and then turning around again to get the bike.  We finally all made it to the parade and got the kids right on the street sitting next too Rebecca's roommate, Amanda.  The kids LOVED the parade.  Glenn and Addie got red, white, and blue stripes painted on their faces (it wore off pretty quickly which saddened Glenn).  They all got flags to wave too.  It was wonderful.  

We headed back to the house and put Addie down for a nap.  I took the kids with Rebecca and Jonathon over to the community center/pool for the BBQ.  We brought fruit to share and it was so much fun.  They had bounce houses for the kids to jump in and one with a huge slide.  Then there was a lady doing face painting too for free.  The kids LOVED it!!!  The food was yummy despite the horrid line to wait for a hot dog or hamburger.

 Blue Lion

Bumble Bee

After resting for a bit we ate dinner, did laundry, and started some packing we headed down to the beach for the fireworks.  It was super crowded but the kids had fun watching all the neighborhood fireworks going off as we walked to the beach.  They didn't like the over the head ones that showered sparks down on us (I didn't either) so I tried to avoid them as best I could.  Addie had a hard time sitting during the fireworks show but enjoyed eating a LOT of the cookies Rebecca brought down to the beach to eat.  Kevin took his camera to get some great shots of the fireworks over the water after taking Glenn to pee (somewhere in the sand). :-)  Ah...to be a boy!  Kevin got some great shots. 

We found out later that San Diego's firework show all exploded at the same time!  It was a crazy video to watch.  They even had to tell some people after awhile that they fireworks were over because they were still waiting for a show.  I'm glad no one was hurt though!