HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!  The 4th also happens to be Andy’s birthday (60 this year, but don’t tell him I told you!) so it’s always a big party down at their beach cottage.  Unfortunately this year the motorboat was stuck to the trailer (the people who painted the bottom put it down wet apparently) so it was more of a hang our and eat BBQ party than the typical play in/on the water affair.  For us that was quite fine as we had Elias with us for the first time, so it was a fun day of hanging out and letting everyone else hold him and pass him around.

When we got home, it’s was just in time to watch our local neighborhood fireworks.  Our neighborhood lines the edge of a private local course.  They have fireworks for the 4th, but shoot them off over the beach down the street from our house.  Unfortunately it was high tide this year, so I shot from the end of the street, but it was still really cool to walk less than 2 blocks to watch fireworks in what’s basically our backyard!