Proud to be an American

I had a fun 4th of July weekend! We headed over to Danielle's new house in Riverside on Friday. Then we helped decorate Aiden's wagon. Isn't he so cute?! After that, we headed to Kristen's house for a parade and a party. The parade was really neat, it was headed by a Jeep, with some members of a band playing patriotic music behind, followed by some decorated bikes, wheelchairs, strollers and wagons, mixed in with some walkers sporting red, white, and blue and concluded with a classic convertible. It was fun!
Here is another cute baby, Reagan. The party was at her house!
Then Joe and I jumped back on the 91 to head to Aliso Viejo for fireworks. Nice view, huh? We were able to cleary see at least 6 different displays for fireworks.
We proudly sported our red, white, and blue... as lame as others may have thought it wa!

We had a super great fourth filled with fabulous food (especially the desserts), awesome friends, and a great view.

Then Joe went out of town for the weekend, so I went to San Diego on Sunday to see my friends Scott and Sarah. I will be a groomschick in their wedding in May. I have known Little Scottie since I was born. He is in a band - they are an awesome 80s cover band. They were playing at the SD Fair on Sunday night, so I went to see them. Gotta love the teenage punk waving his shirt over his head consistently for over an hour.

Even though I did not see my BFF, Camden, over the weekend, I did see her yesterday and took this darn cute picture of her with Cadbury. So cute! Love them!

On a side not, I love the song "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood - you know, the song that sings "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free...." When I taught first grade, my class would always sing it in our yearly America show. Well, two of those years, I got complaints from parents of students in other classes. They had a problem with the song. If there was any problem, I would have thought it was about the use of the word "God". Nope, they didn't have a problem with God Bless America. They didn't like this song because it has been used in many campaigns of Republican presidents, so obviously, I am teaching the kids Republican ideas! Crazy! That is just a little glimpse of the joys of teaching in Irvine!