4th of July Weekend

We went down to L.A. to celebrate the 4th of July and our niece Carissa's birthday! After opting out of parking a mile away and walking to the park to watch fireworks, we decided to go to the nearest parking garage and watch from there. Here's our view...

HAHAHA! There was a big groan from the crowd when we all discovered the fireworks were directly behind that building! Luckily, there were other fireworks visible from the other side of the garage! It was also lucky we didn't go through the trouble of going to the park because when we got home, the neighbors were setting off some fireworks, and Cody screamed and cried because it hurt his ears so bad.

On Saturday, we went to have a BBQ with friends. Larry and Jenny have a big beautiful house with a pool. Mark and Julie were there with their kids too! They all had a great time swimming. Even Tanner! After dinner, the kids all played like crazy while everyone else caught up on the past year (can't believe we haven't seen them for over a year!). We stayed until Tanner had a meltdown. Cody could have lasted all night, but once in the car, he fell asleep in about two seconds.

On Sunday we went out for Carissa's birthday lunch. We went to a place called uWink! It was the coolest place! You order your food on the computer screen and after sending your order in, you could play games!

Back at the house, Carissa chose cupcakes instead of cake. Her dad got them from a place called Susie Cakes. YUMMMM! I tried the smores and the red velvet. SO GOOD! He said they have peanut butter (but didn't get any because Carissa doesn't like peanut butter, WHUUUT?) I already made plans to go back there and try more cupcake flavors!

Carissa had a party with her mom's side on Friday, celebrated with us on Sunday, and has yet to celebrate her actual birthday this coming Saturday! Lucky girl!!!