4th in California!

JULY 2nd....

So for the 4th of July weekend we went out to California to see my parents. The original plan was to leave early Thursday morning after Sam got off of work around 7, but Sam ended up getting off early in the morning at 3:00. So we got everything packed and went to bed for about an hour and then we woke up and picked up Sam, then we were on our way. Russ knew that we were leaving early, but my mom had no idea, so we decided to keep it a secret from her and surprise her at work. She was so surprised and happy to Kambree... and I think she was excited to see the rest of us too. haha j/k Mom! Anyways, the first day we were there, we decided to just go to the pool and relax (since we only got about and hour of sleep the night before)

JULY 3rd....

The next day we woke up early (thanks to Kambree) and we drove to Hollywood. We first ate at this place called Philippe's it has been there since 1908. Grandma Harward remembers eating there when she was a little girl. It had the best french dip sandwiches. After we ate, we drove around downtown L.A. then we drove the Walk of Fame, to see all the stars. Because of the weekend, it was so busy down there, but we did manage to get some pictures of stars!

We even got a picture of Michael Jacksons star.

It was so crowded, they had cops blocking it.

After the Walk of Fame, we decided to go and redeem Brian's birthday present from a place called I Fly. It's indoor skydiving at Universal Studios City Walk. We have some videos of it, but I am not quite sure how to upload them. You can see him flying on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t79tarLUOT4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sac0Rt-fZz4&feature=related

JULY 4th...

On the morning of July 4th we went to a parade. No sleeping out at this parade to save a spot! It was a lot of fun! Kambree didn't even mind the sirens from the cop cars and fire trucks! On the walk back to the car, Kambree fell right to sleep. Watching all the people and floats wore her out!

After the parade we went over to a little strip mall by my parents house where they had music, food, and booths... but it was way too hot outside. We were all getting fried in the sun so we decided to go to the mall, and get frozen yogurt at Pink Berry, which is my new addiction! Good thing we don't have any in St. George! After we walked around the mall and ate our Pink Berry, we drove out to Santa Monica Beach. It was so nice to get out of the heat! Brian was boogie boarding the whole time. He loved it! Later after a lot of driving around by Venice Beach we went back to Santa Clarita to eat dinner and watch the firework show that they put on. The fireworks were good, but all I could watch was Kambree. They didn't bother her at all. Watching her reaction was my favorite part!

JULY 5th...

The 5th was our last day in Cali, we had to drive back that night. So during the day we went to a movie. About 20 minutes into the movie Kambree decided that she didn't want to sit and be good, so I took her out and we sat out on the couch till the movie was over. I didn't mind though cause I am a people watcher, and there were tons of people for me to watch :) We even saw Travis Barker and his wife walking to their movie! It was pretty cool!

Before we left Cali we had to get Pink Berry one more time at the mall. I am telling you guys, that place is amazing! We were sad to leave. Wished we could have stayed longer! We had a really good 4th of July, I am glad we spent it in California with my parents!