4th of July

We headed east for a nice long weekend at the coast for the holiday weekend. Yes, it blew like crazy, but we still made the best of it.  Looked up showed up at NaNa’s house just a moment before we did!

He gets loved on just a little bit, believe it or not. Ha!

The first morning Avery was up at the crack of dawn, whining to go to the beach. I guess the girl needed some salty air and sandy toes. Uncle Matt came to the rescue FINALLY (her words, not mine!!!).  We headed to a shoal behind Bird Shoal and spent a fun day throwing the cast net, swimming and eating!

Bubba threw this cast net no less than 3,000 times over the course of the weekend. I am not sure he ever caught a single fish.  He didn’t get the “cast net” gene from Uncle Matt, that’s for sure.

This little one caught fish with a scoop net, threw the cast net some, swam, ran and generally had F-U-N!

 

This little guy has the cutest little boat and he had fun in the water. The best part was when he had his hands on the steering wheel and was making motorboat noises with his mouth.

Then he had to take a nap!

 

Speaking of taking the helm, this girl was our captain all weekend! She did such a fine job too! Hearing her banter with Uncle Matt as he made he drive through marshes and over shoals was so cute!

We also introduced the kids to sparklers. Only I made them go to bed at their normal time so we had during the daylight sparklers, which isn’t nearly as fun! But they don’t know the difference.

The next day we headed out again, but with a smaller crew. Mr. Will was the cast net king again. Avery did her usual.

I caught the only fish of the day! My dad would be proud. Well, maybe not of a lizard fish!

“Official” 4th of July picture!

 

We hosted a 4^th of July cookout that evening for some family and “fr-amily” (friends that are like family!!!).  We played a great game of “Pass the Baby” and “Watch the Baby”. What on earth did we do before Sir Walter arrived??

We ended the night sitting at the west end of Ann Street, watching the Beaufort fireworks. We also ended up having an awesome view of the Morehead and Atlantic Beach fireworks!  What a cool place to be.