Fourth of July

Here are some pictures I took of us on the beach the evening of July 4th. It was a gorgeous evening, slightly cool, with a brisk wind. We had a cookout on the beach in a raised pavilion, which was wonderful. After eating, we wandered down onto the beach to play for awhile.




















Skylar and Abby gazed out at the ocean while the wind whipped their hair back.



Bart, Mack, and Lily searched for pirate treasure and plotted how best to smuggle Bart's piece of pirate wreckage from "Blackbeard's ship" back to his room.













Drake, predictibly, played in the sand.










Once night fell, we walked back down to the beach to watch the fireworks. If we looked one way down the island, we could see the Emerald Isle display, and if we looked the other way, we could watch the fireworks at Atlantic Beach. It was really beautiful. I would probably define it as a perfect evening.