Fourth of July and Reinel's 26th celebration!

This fourth of July/birthday weekend was so fulfilling for me. This year I bought some tickets for a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to see a band I really enjoy. My family was going to join me for the event. But, they surprised me by coming up the night before to BBQ for July 4th!

I bought some meat and even some sparklers, and late into the night we played a hilarious game of Catch Phrase.
My boyfriend and his friends that were visiting stopped by as well, so we had quite the little impromptu party!
Sunday was the day of the concert, and I could not wait to get to the lovely Hollywood hills for our pre-concert picnic!

We arrived with little hassle, had a lovely picnic and then headed into the concert for a wonderful concert complete with fireworks!
Here's a video of the finale! (you can see and hear that we had a great time)

I am truly grateful to have my family close by and ready to party at any moment! There are always good times to be had, and new memories to create!

Graduation Parties-Tahlya turns 14!

At the end of June, we had a busy weekend celebrating birthdays and graduations.
On Saturday, we had two graduation parties at the same time! First, we hit up Matthew Duarte's high school graduation luau in Fullerton. Click on the photo for the festive party pics!

We left the party early and hurried over to La Verne for Kristi Campa's high school party at her house! All the Campas were there and the rest of the family too- little Jake looked like he had a lot of fun!
We ate and watched Jacki throw some mean pitches to her cousins and then the girls went for a swim.

Tahlya and Makayla stayed and partied through til midnight for her 14th birthday- they even toasted with Sparkling cider!
By the end of the night, we were pooped, but really enjoyed seeing family, especially so many times in one month!