4th of July

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

This year, we headed to Oceanside Harbor with my family.  This was the last time we would get to see Gavin & Shawna and their family (all together), because they were leaving the next morning to move to Florida.  The beach was FREEZING!  And we got to the beach nice and early, anticipating insane crowds.  Lucky for us.....hardly anyone was there and even though it was cold, it was a wonderful day.  My whole family was there and many of our friends came down and joined us, as well!

Amber, Shauna & Blake

The Hammers and their surf buddies

Joel and Gavin

 It's been so nice having my brother and his family so close the last few years.  We will certainly miss them while their gone.  Here's little Camille in her sailor dress w/ Gammy:

It was a perfect day to fly the kite with Papa:

 And Uncle Mark is awesome at burying and creating creatures in the sand:

 The Mermaid Granddaughters-

 Once it got closer to dinner time, we moved our stuff to a fire pit and had ourselves a BBQ.  The kids had so much fun playing together all day.  This is such a cool pic-  All the kids gathered around Gav as he told stories.

 Then they had a blast playing four corners-

 We got invited to play volleyball with some people on the beach.  It was fun to play with my brothers!  

At 9:00 PM, the fireworks went off from Camp Pendleton.  We all huddled up and watched the show!  The kids all sang the patriotic songs along with the show...

 We roasted marshmallows and made smores.  It was so much fun being all together!

At the end of the night, we had to say goodbye to Gav, Shawn and Camille.  It was sad.... 

I know that they will have a great new adventure in Pensacola, but I will miss them very much.

I took lots of pics...to see them all, click HERE.