our fourth

the 4th of July is big time in HB! We LOVE this holiday! Here's what we did...

Ran the Surf City 5k with my friends: it was nice to just walk home at the end of the race!

We of course went to church in as patriotic as we dared clothing... I made Ivy and Max really cute little pins from Orange Juice concentrate lids that I found here.

I made a summer dessert pizza and decorated it Fourth-Style...got the star idea in the center from some blog, and I have no idea which one...stink! sorry! whoever you were, you're cute!

and because the summer dessert pizza is deemed as 'chick food' I also made Jeff and Doyle Chocolate-Covered Oreos. yum.

We rode our bikes to the Doyle's house...they are our HB family, and we love to play at their house! We had an awesome BBQ with the yummiest drink I've ever had! yum! Ivy loves Marie!

And the kids favorite part of the Doyle's is their best friend Buddy. poor dog, he's such a good sport!

After dinner and chatting, we rode down to the pier...Jeff and I thought Doyle was crazy going down there, we thought we'd never get out because there were 100's of thousands of people on the beach, and on the street...it was awesome! They shut down PCH, so the ride was awesome.

Here's our perfect little viewing nest. We sat right next to our bikes...awesome!

Max LOVED the fireworks this year, and didn't have his ears plugged the whole time, Ivy liked them for a minute, but was over it. But she was good and just floated from me to marie and back again.

And it was surprisingly not so bad to ride our bikes back home from the beach, but the kids were OUT by the time we even hit the numbered streets.

We had so much fun, and a pair of shoes filled with sand. Happy Fourth of July; hope everyone had a fun day!

ps...Ivy slept in until 7 and Max wasn't awake when I left for a meeting at 8! Can it be the 4th of July everyday??