July 3-6

I haven't uploaded pictures for these days yet. Stay tuned!
Wednesday (July 3) we took the kids to Sandcastle, a waterpark in Pittsburgh.

Of course I got horribly sunburned.

 

Thursday was the 4th of July and we spent the afternoon with the family; Oma and Opa, Brittany and her boyfriend Josh, Meg and two of her kids (Gabby and Grant), and Aunt Kris, Uncle Ron, and Kate. Later that night we tried to go see fireworks in Freedom, but it turned out that the city had already done them the weekend before. I love fireworks, especially when they are launched from barges in the rivers, and was sad we missed them. But, we did light sparklers and made s'mores over a little fire in the backyard.

 

Friday we all went to Kennywood, an amusement park in Pittsburgh. It was crowded and we had the kids with us, so we spent most of our time in Kiddie Land. Of course Marley freaked out on all the rides, but only until I forced him to go once, then he loved it. What a pill. At least I got to go on a couple of rollercoasters (The Phantom's Revenge and Jackrabbit), and the kids had fun.

 

Saturday Oma and Opa let Seth and I go downtown for the evening while they took the kids to see a movie (Despicable Me 2). It was really nice for us to spend some time alone together, strolling the city hand in hand. We went to the Strip District and ate at the Primanti Bros. there. We dipped our feet (and head?) in the fountain at Point State Park, drove around down town, and had dinner at Hofbrauhaus (a German restaurant and brewery) where we were serenaded by raucous versions of Happy Birthday and Sweet Caroline sung by a suspendered and grey bearded German, and buzzed patrons waving giant beer mugs in the "Beer Hall."