Thursday, July 28, 2011

Independence Day in CA

I've pretty much gone missing on our blog the last month because we've had two big trips in July and are packing up for another one right now. I'll start with our first trip, a last-minute trip to CA for the 4th of July. We made the most of our time there, having hardly a second to spare between events. But we had fun, especially Brian and Emy who had a great time with their grandparents, aunts, and cousin Grace.
We went with our friends, the Cummings, to see Cars 2. Katie and Mark had taken Mason to see Toy Story 3 at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood last year, complete with a carnival type thing afterwards and they invited us to do the same to see Cars 2 with them. It was a blast. The theater was old and neat inside, we enjoyed the movie, and then spent over two hours in the Cars themed carnival afterwards. It was great to see our friends and have a "Daddy-Mommy-Brian date" which is just a nice way of saying we left with wiggly screamer home with the aunts and Grandparents!
The fam minus Emy
All dolled up in our Independence Day best
Cousin Grace and Brian
The 3 Harris Grandchildren (Emy is not happy here because she believes the hairchair is reserved for eating only and she was asking for food the second her butt hit the seat. She is serious about eating)
Great-Grandma Helen, Me, and Emily Helen
Little kids + sparklers = fun?
Allan and Laura practicing their sparkler hearts for the upcoming wedding day!
Grace and Aunt Julie
Sparklers + Drunk People = This
Good times! We were home for a few days and then off to Virginia to see the Hurt side!

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