Pittsburgh on the Fourth

When Todd got home from work on the morning of July 3, we hit the road for Pittsburgh. More specifically, we made a visit to Brentwood, a borough of Pittsburgh. Todd's Aunt Johnni and Uncle Eugene live there. It is a quaint neighborhood town. Their daughter Nicole summed it up best. "I love it here. I can walk anywhere I want."
No matter where we are, no matter what we are doing, I always keep my eyes open for one of our mixers!Almost every house (and I do mean almost EVERY house) has a porch... This is where I fell in love with them. Aunt Johnnie's beautiful house...
The Oldest house in Brentwood...So, we walked past all of these beautiful homes, and many, many tents set up in front yards. We stopped at a tent where Todd's cousins were hanging out with their friends from high school who were home on college summer break. More on this later...

Aunt Johnni is crazy and interrupted the parade several times in order to say 'hello' to people.We ended up at her friend's house. We ate and had a soda or two while the parade went by. Then we headed back down the street the way we came. We stopped back at the tent with the cousins. It was here that Emma learned the art of bartending. She watched intently as the college guys pumped the keg and drew their buddies beer. She politely asked for a turn. After 10 minutes of pumping and flirting, our daughter had $26 in tips.