Seeing as since we have a view from our rooftop deck of SD bay, downtown and the airport, we have had several comments about how wonderful it would be to watch the 4th of July fireworks from the deck… and we agreed.

So the thought of having some friends over to watch the festivities started… and grew. We ended up co-hosting this event with our best friend Steve, who also had a list of friends to invite. All in all, an evite went out to about 50 people!

So now we need food, lots of snacks and of course a BAR! So by the end of the planning stage, we had hired a caterer. Her name is Karen and she is wonderful. The food was out of this world. She made about 10 appetizers, 2 main meat courses and lots of sides. We had enough food for an army.

Between John, Steve and myself, we took care of the full bar and 3 different types of Sangria…Red, White & Blue(berry) TASTY! We also made all the deserts, 7 in all.

Of course we thought we would have too much food, but by the end of the party, we figured we had about 75 guest, and 5 of those were party crashers! We still have no idea who they were. The amazing thing is we had leftovers!

In short, it was a great party, great food and great friends. The perfect way to celebrate the 4th and our independence in this great country of ours! Enjoy the pictures below.