Fourth of July

Yesterday was a bunch of fun! Tyler and I headed over to Ponce Inlet to meet up with my friend Dianna and her friend Lu Anna, and their kids to hang out at the beach. We headed over there pretty early because we knew it would be packed for the holiday. We were able to get a really good spot just a few feet away from the life guard. For me, it's a sense of security when we can have an extra eye watching out for us (I mean sharks). It was really hot, so we spent most of our time in the water. As we splashed around, so did the fish! All of these little silver fish were jumping in and out of the water all around us. It was as if they were trying to play right along with us. It was fun to watch the kids get excited over them. The kids had a great time boogie boarding, skim boarding, playing soccer, and pestering us adults to swim out to the sandbar with them. The sandbar was about 10 yards out from the shore. Tyler kept saying, "If Dad where here, we would already be out there." Which is true, Steve and Ty love to swim out pretty far to play in the bigger waves. There they stood in a row, Tyler, Bailey, Michael, and I forget the other kid's name. They were staring at me with this pleading expression on their faces. Well, I gave in and before I knew it they were already swimming towards the sandbar. I had to swim pretty fast to keep up with these kids! It took about five minutes to get there. Once I stood foot on the sand, I turned to see Dianna and Lu Anna waving at us. I was ready to swim back right away, and luckily the kids wanted to too. It was allot easier swimming back because we caught the waves coming back into shore. The kids were happy because they got to swim out to the sandbar and I was happy because I made it back alive! We hung out at the beach for a bit more, then headed home to clean up to get ready to for a BBQ over at Dianna's house. We had a great time at Dianna's house. We ate great food, watched the kids run around, and enjoyed fun conversation. Soon after the BBQ, we traveled over to the Port Orange City Center for fireworks. Despite it being really busy, we were able to set up our blankets in front of the field were they were shooting the fireworks from. It was exciting to be so close, because every time they shot one off we felt the ground tremble a bit. It was a great show and a great day. I'm hoping next year my hubby can be with us to enjoy the holiday. I'm so blessed to have such a hard working husband. We are definitely looking forward to going back to the beach where we exchanged our vows 10 years ago! Captiva Island here we come!!! I hope everyone had a great 4Th!!