Fourth of July

On the fourth of July, we went strawberry picking at an orchard about 30 minutes away.  Julia thought she was in heaven.  She kept pulling the leaves off of the strawberry plants and eating rotten strawberries that were on the ground.  I didn't get much picking done.  The kids did most of the picking.  We ended up with quite a few tiny, unripe berries.  

     

 

Hannah was all business!

At night we went down to the beach with our new friends, the Craigs, who just moved here from Arizona.   The kids had fun with their sparklers and we watched all the firework shows, large and small, down the beach.  I love the 4th on the beach- when it's not raining.  Bryan, of course, had to work all day and was on call that night.  

Julia was a little afraid of the sparklers.