floods & fireworks

So this past weekend, we had a great beach day despite the floods. It was high tide (really high tide) and there was no getting away from it. We had already moved our stuff once and this time we just decided to stay put. At least it kept our feet cool.Yup, the bottom of my chair was underwater. High tide and huge waves. John is a good example of ‘come hell or high water’. He’ll never not read his papers at the beach. And I made 2 shoe trees cause they just kept floating away. Patrick and Mike after braving the huge waves all day. We sat right behind the Sullivans and they moated up which worked for a long time. But then even they went the way of the flood. I think Suzanne still had a nice birthday. Timmy’s buddy Patrick. The boys and Robert have really hit it off and I’m so glad we finally got them together! This one was especially for Ms. McClain. Rob says “I’m Timmy’s favorite!”Love these boys. Even if they hate pictures. And then we were off to the fireworks. Change of plans this year and we watched the fireworks from the firehouse. It was so nice there that I think this might just be our new basecamp for the fireworks in the coming years. All the kids watched them from on top of the truck- so fun! (but it was so dark that I couldn’t get any pictures). Shuttle launch or fireworks?I got bored taking the same old fireworks shots, so I tried something new this year just for fun. Kinda cool, don’t you think?This one looks like a dandelion.