4th of july

that morning, we woke up and got ready to go fishing. once we were ready, we crossed the street to go to our neighbors' annual 4th of july breakfast, which is always fun. the kids enjoyed running around with the other neighborhood kids, and b and i relaxed over pancakes, sausage, and eggs.

when we had eaten enough, we headed out towards thistle to try fishing in a place we tried in may. we didn't catch a lot of fish, but william got 2, and brian got 1. all three of which were cutthroat. the water level was really low--so we (brian and i) were feeling pretty sure we wouldn't catch anything, but then william said he saw some fish.so we stopped, and he threw in his line once and then caught a fish. he threw it in again and then caught another one. the water was so low that there weren't many pools to fish, and the fish got scared easily, but we were impressed that william pulled out two in that first spot.

after fishing, we came home, cleaned up, and got ready for a bbq. we had over b's sister and her family, my brother and his family, and my mom. we had grilled burgers, corn on the cob, pasta salad, chips, watermelon, cherries, plums, grapes--i think that's it. it was really good. brian cooked the burgers (and even singed his hair to prove it), and they were lovely. i love a good hamburger. by the time we finished eating, it was around 6:20, and we realized we needed to get our rears in gear. we skipped having dessert, and we (me, brian, william, sierra, and my mom) got to work making our homemade beach boys shirts for the concert. the pictures do a good job capturing them. we then threw on our shirts and headed over to the stadium for the concert.

this is a super cute one of willie. i like how he has no neck! 

i love this picture of sierra--she's so excited.

b standing by his pawpaws!

it was really hot on the 4th--so even though we didn't get into our seats until about 7:40, we were super hot! the show was all fine, but obviously the highlight for me and brian was the beach boys. the kids really enjoyed hearing them too (and they enjoyed the fireworks a lot too). the beach boys played more songs than we had thought they would, which was nice. below is the list of songs we hoped they'd play, the ones we hoped they wouldn't play, and the ones we figured they would play.

the songs we hoped they'd play
heroes and villians
good vibrations
in my room
be true to your school
i'm waiting for the day
don't talk (put your head on my shoulder)
hang on to your ego
don't back down
blue hawaii
wild honey

the songs we hoped they wouldn't play
california girls
kokomo

the songs we figured they'd play
i get around
salt lake city
surfin' usa
help me, rhonda
barbara ann
wouldn't it be nice
that's why god made the radio
good vibrations
kokomo
california girls

here is the actual list of songs they played. you'll see that they played both of the song we hoped they wouldn't play (although those songs were also on the list of ones we figured they'd play--so it wasn't surprising), and that we had guessed correctly most of the songs they did play. of course, we knew they wouldn't play hang on to your ego, i'm waiting for the day, and don't talk (put your head on my shoulders), but really we knew they wouldn't play those songs--they're all great songs from pet sounds, but they're not the "classics" from pet sounds.

1. let's get together and do it again
2. catch a wave
3. surfin' safari
4. surfer girl
5. don't worry baby
6. little deuce coup
7. i get around
8. be true to your school
9. that's why god made the radio
10. god only knows
11. sloop john b.
12. wouldn't it be nice
13. california girls
14. good vibrations
15. kokomo
16. help me, rhonda
17. barbara ann
18. surfin' usa
19. fun, fun, fun

that's brian on the big screen.

that's brian on the big screen too--a little closer this time.

that's the other brian singing along!

willie and b dancing.

the girls having fun.

sierra dancing to the surfin' usa (her favorite song).

the blazing pyrotechnics they had during the fireworks.

brian and i both agreed that good vibrations was the highlight. it was also interesting to realize that mike love saw himself as the "face" of the band. clearly i'm biased, but i thought it was too bad that brian wasn't more in the front. we did get to hear him sing (and he sounded good), but it's obviously not because of mike love that the beach boys are the beach boys. but at least brian wilson was there.

it was an exciting show--definitely one that we'll never forget!