fourth of July weekend

Ah, three days weekends are the most amazing thing ever. Friday evening I met up with the girls in Ocean Beach for a Sunset Cliffs picnic. Strawberries, bread and cheese, chips and guac, champagne and toasts filled our evening. That was, until, er..the cops busted us for drinking on the beach. We were let off with a warning after some nervous questioning and handing over of wine bottles (five total).

We flew off the beach in a rush of adrenaline and headed to Little Italy for more wine and karaoke. Karaoke is. the. best. thing. in. the. world. I "sang" a few ballads, among them was Wham!'s 'Careless Whisper'. Of course, we had to sing hits from 'Grease', Whitney (Houston), Aretha, Cyndi Lauper and the like. I don't want to brag, but we did get a few encore cheers from passersby outside.

{summer strawberries}

{sunset cliffs}

{girls}

{another sunset}

{champagne!}

{Gretchen and I pre-bust}

{karaoke}

After karaoke I made a late drive up to the 'rents place in Los Al where I spent the rest of the long weekend. F met us there on Saturday, coming down from Big Bear. We ping ponged, swam, read, played board games, watched "LA Confidential" (a family favorite), played frisbee golf, watched fireworks overhead, ate, drank, and chillaxed. Apparently I was too lazy to take many photos so apologies for the lack of variety. F played photographer Sunday, so that's when all of these photos were taken. Frisbee golf and fireworks.

{sisters basking in the sun}

{Phoebe possibly performing the 'hammer'}

{what the...}

{bad shot, no photos please}

{give me the camera}

{Phoebe testing the wind}

{fireworks at the base! we were exhausted from the walk to the base because my dad only has one speed: unnecessary power walk}

{attempting some cool night shots}

{still attempting...}

{yet another...}

{Allie - night exposure}

{don't be mistaken, Phoebe is not writhing in pain, she is merely laughing hysterically}

{fireworks - so close!}

{fireworks}

{more fireworks}