First Fourth

We spent a lovely 4th of July with friends. First, Erik popped into town from CA and he and Anita came over for a lunchtime visit. It was great seeing them. We need to make a point of seeing them (or at least Anita, as she is local) more often. Some of our favorite people, those two.

Anya, Daniel, and Toly relaxing on the neighbors' swing

And later on in the afternoon, our dear friends (also among our favorites :) )Angelina, Daniel, and Toly came over. Our awesome neighbors let us use their grill and backyard for the afternoon, since they were out of town. Of course, since both babies needed to be in bed around 7, the festivities wrapped up very early. Anya more or less slept through the fireworks (woke up briefly a few times, but fell back to sleep esaily enough). I think Chris and I watched something we rented from Netflix the rest of the evening. This has been the first time in awhile I spent the evening of the 4th indoors...will probably be the norm for the next year or 2.