4th of July

Happy 4th! We started off the morning bright and early and headed down on our bikes to check out the HB parade. Grandma & Grandpa Arakaki watched Mylee for us so we could take Makayla biking. We were going to take the wagon and take Mylee but it's just too hot and we really enjoy the biking part of 4th of July in HB and not so much the parade. It's great, they block off part of PCH so we can ride our bikes right in the middle of the streets and not have to worry about car traffic.

Makayla is all decked out in her red, white & blue and her new helmet. The one she wore last year no longer fits. Bummer! Let's go riding!

We parked the bikes for a bit to check out the start of the parade. We just all hung out and waited and people watched. It's a good time on Main Street. Uncle Alan, Auntie Som & Uncle Phil all joined us.

After biking for a few hours we all came home, rested and then had a family BBQ with all the grandparents. Good old cheeseburgers & hot dogs were a hit! Yum! Yum! after a day of biking. Our two little cuties in their red, white & blue! So cute!

Uncle Alan & Auntie Som got Makayla some sparklers to play with. They were so hard to light but as you can tell we finally got it. We all did it since Makayla was a little hesitant, but once she saw us she was finally okay with it. They sparkled a lot more than I had remembered since it's been a really, really long time that we've done fireworks. Plus they're not so legal in HB but we thought a few sparklers were no harm. But then Uncle got a few others that were supposedly small. We lit them in our fire pit and they were fine but there was one that was way bigger than we had expected. It had a lot of sparks and was really loud and then we were all over it. Too smokey!

Makayla with her very 1st sparkler! So brave! We had such a fun 4th!