The 4th of July

 We had a fun day planed Kevin flew in to Burbank the night before so we were together again.  The kids and I were happy to see him.  I had made some effort to find my elementary school best friend Daniela.  I found her a few weeks ago on facebook and made plans to meet up when I would be in CA for the summer.  Daniela and her family came over to my parents house for swimming and to visit.  It was so wonderful to chat and see her again.

Yes that is me the chubby one on the end, Daniela the blond and in the middle our friend Suzie. 1986

Her daughter Camilla and Lilly are just a few weeks apart.  Neat to think that we were pregnant with our first child at the same time and we were also working for LAUSD . Yep we both grew up and became teachers teaching in the same school district that we met in.

Lilly and Camilla  played well and so did our boys.  She has a son named Luke that is 4, yet another funny thing that we have in common. After we said our goodbyes the kids and I went over to our family friends the Bayly's for a BBQ and fireworks.  Kevin wanted to go to work with his Dad for the evening to see if their would be any city action.  He ended up doing the same thing as we did, BBQ and fireworks but he was with cops.

Honestly the funniest thing that happened that night was that Max got himself stuck in the baby swing.

and Uncle John had to get him out.

 After great food and company the fireworks began. We enjoy them right from her front lawn. It is such a treat and wonderful show.