Funny story: Our friends, the Tanigawa's, asked if we wanted to go to the beach and so we got our stuff packed up and headed out to the beach. It didn't really cross our minds that it is 4th of July weekend and probably a SUPER busy/crowded beach day. We quickly found out that everyone had the same idea as us, and were stuck in traffic because EVERYONE ahead of us was looking for a place to park. Anyway, the Tanigawa's were there, amongst the traffic, ahead of us and were doubling back to try their luck again for a spot...and they sure are LUCKY...they managed to find a parking spot for their car as well as our car! Thank goodness for cell phones because we didn't really want to look for parking and they called with the good news and we doubled back as quickly as possible. I'm sure Mat got a lot of angry looks but he held that spot for us. We ended up staying there for quite some time because it was a pretty nice day. I only managed one picture of all the kids.