Beach Weekend

Headed down to the beach house for 4th of July weekend and had a great time again.  Addison absolutely LOVES going down to the beach and I think that she could spend the entire day down at the water if we had enough food and drink for her.  Ella even made it out of the car this time and put her feet in the sand.  We have some pics, but we happened to be sitting in front of the car so you can hardly tell that we are at the beach except for the fact that I am in a swimsuit -- for these 2 reasons (me in the bathing suit especially) we'll try again next time to get a more proper Ella at the beach pic.  In the meantime, here are some others for you to enjoy

Ella rocking on the porch

Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Susan came for a visit on Saturday.  A great time was had by all.  Addison had a blast playing at the beach with Aunt Susan and Grandma and Grandpa got to spend some quality time with Ella while we headed to the water.  Here is a cute pic of Grandma and the girls. 

Not sure what Star is doing or how I managed to capture this pic, but I thought that it was pretty funny.  Star had a great time at the beach on Saturday.  Sunday it was way too busy and lots of other dogs so she didn't get to go down again.  Only one trip to the water and fireworks - wasn't the best weekend for Star! 

We had another birthday celebration for Michael now that the Wolfs are back in town.  Nothing like spreading the birthday celebration out as long as you can!  (Addy - Why won't you look at the camera?!)

Had to post this 2nd pic of the same shot b/c Michael is looking at Susan taking a pic and now Addy is looking at my camera!

We spent a lot of time playing on the porch.  Sidewalk chalk works great on wood too and Ella seemed to really enjoy being outside.  Weather was amazing, no rain, not too hot and lots of breeze - ahh, wish I was still there!

Fireworks weren't the hit that we thought that they'd be.  Addy asked where the fireworks were for about an hour Saturday evening and we tried to explain that people didn't do fireworks until it was dark.  She saw a few and then she decided to go to bed before the good shows started.  Sunday she made it much longer and seemed to enjoy watching them from a distance and then our neighbors started setting them off and they were way too loud and close at that point, so she opted to just go to bed.  Ella was unphased by the fireworks exploding overhead.  She completely fell asleep in Michael's arms outside with all kinds of noise around us, then we come into the quiet house to put her to bed and she wakes up.  Go figure!  Here is Addy anxiously awaiting the fireworks show. 

Looking forward to the next trip down!