Land of the Free

we spent the 4th at multiple picnics. first, we went to the mosaic picnic at elysian park. we got to spend time with doug and christine and shannon and kevin and it was fun. we played volleyball and bocce and ate and played with nelly, the greenes doggie. yes she is a pit bull and no they are not mean. :) (doug was wearing a shirt that said that). i got to sneak a piece of cornbread from the bbq the church was serving (we brought our own sandwiches). i love cornbread.

we left the park and showered and headed over to lance and kris's to party with our small group peoples (among others). we played ping pong and rock band and "the game" and washer and horseshoes and hand grenades...

i got to see both my babies (owen is SO big - we havent seen the stellers in over a month). lance grilled for us and we ate some really yummy food. al made tapas and they were great! lance set up the game and we split into three teams and started with the trivia and balloon animal making and movie clips and famous quotes and playdoh figurines and on and on. jeremy's team won and my team came in second. and yes there were more than two teams (there were three). we shot off a bunch of illegal fireworks (they are all illegal in LA county) and didnt get caught... i was reminded of a time when anna and i were shooting fireworks in the middle of her street in manhattan and almost blew up a car and the police came and almost gave us a ticket but they didnt. and it was fun.