Fourth of July Celebration 2010

We had a great 4th of July. It started with Papa Malcolm heading down to the Cove around 5am to save us a spot. He set up a tent and dropped off the Suburban with chairs and stuff in it. Around 1pm, he dropped Paige and a cooler full of food off. All this was going on while we were doing our normal Sunday activities which include the kids going to church with Grandma and afternoon naps/quiet time for Lexi & Jordan.

When J woke up, we all headed down there. We had a bbq, walked around the Cove to see the strange people, seals, sea lions, etc. Of course, the kids also provided entertainment for us before the live music and firework show started. It was quite a fun celebration.

Ghost Story Bonfire

I don't know exactly when the plan was hatched, but sometime probably on Saturday Lexi came up with a great idea that she shared with Grandma Margie. She told her that she thinks we should light the candles and turn out all the lights and tell scarey stories. Grandma loved the idea, especially since she LOVES telling ghost stories just like her mom did. She shared the idea with Papa Malcolm who thought a bonfire on the beach would make the idea even better. So...Sunday afternoon everything was packed up for a great bonfire evening at the beach. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, smores, and potato salad. Once it got dark, the last thing we did was tell very mild, mostly fun, ghost stories. Lexi even made up one of her own about ghosts in the clouds and witches and spiders and everything.