For the first time since moving to our neighborhood we stayed in town for the weekend.  The 4th was spent with our neighbors and the town's fireworks can seen from their back yard which has a view of both firework locations from Magic Mountain and the mall.

Between the multiple households taking part and the other houses on the street having parties as well, it was a full on celebration.  The bounce house/water slide was a massive hit with the kids and teenagers alike.  However, of all the grass available, Reghan insisted on laying on the sidewalk, go figure.

   

 

Once night fell the fireworks came out before the show.

After the fireworks, we wrapped up the night in a neighbors game room with him showing off his latest "toy".  Yes, it's a real one that you might find in a bar and perfectly calibrated.  Amusingly the person pictured below blew the lowest of everyone there while the kids had fun in the rest of the room. 

 

The next morning was lazily spent in our pj's, watching movies, and building indoor ramps until the time came to get dressed to go to the movies and they were thrilled to see the poster for the TMNT, a favorite in our house.

 

The rest of the weekend was spent catching lizards and having yard races, going to the pool, and eating lots and lots of ice cream.

Along with many night time books and sleepovers. 

In other news, the kids are having so much fun at camp with multiple field trips and activities a week, they're certainly staying busy. 

Reghan has moved up to learning freestyle in swim lessons.

And we're always in the market to sell some kiddies to the highest bidder.

With all the fun, there has been some bittersweet news.  Our friends Emily and Robert moved to New York over the past couple of weeks.  Although we'll miss them dearly, it's for the best and they're only a plane ride away.  We spent their last California evening with them and it was such a nice evening.  First, props to our friend's son, Nic, for volunteering to watch the kids that night.  He wasn't sure what he got himself into and leave it up to our three to wear down a 15 year old but he did fantastic and they had so much fun.  Not to mention, between their two birds and big beautiful dog, there was lot's of entertainment.

Which let us adults spend the evening cruising around Newport harbor.  Out of all the food in LA, what's the one thing you can't get in NY?  Why In-n-Out of course.

Yes, you can get wine there, but not in such a flair like manner while stuck to the boat's cup holder.  Now that's class.

And believe it or not but Robert and Steven didn't run us into one single thing. We know we'll see you soon but you'll be missed.