Happy 4th of July!

For the 4th of July weekend, we headed to Grayland, on the Washington coast, and camped in the front yard of our friend's beach house. On the 4th, we watched a local parade. It was the first parade for Alexis & Samantha. No surprise that Alexis' favorite part was the candy that was thrown to the kids. A close second was the horses. Alexis' first sparkler. More to come once the sun goes down.
We went to a picnic lunch, where Daddy & his friend Sean participated in the balloon toss competition. They came in second place! They are the second team from the left.
That evening, we headed to the beach for fireworks. The one that shot out a parachute was pretty exciting.

Sam had an accident...she fell face first out of the kid's camp chair. Even though we rinsed and rinsed, she woke up with sand in her neck rolls and had sandy eye boogers the whole next day. Poor Sam!

Taking in the fireworks-

Alexis did more sparklers when it got dark. You can hear all of the fireworks in the background. The beach was lined with people shooting off fireworks. It was pretty amazing.

Even Sam got to do a sparkler-