The Fourth, Fireworks, Family and Beach

David and I went down to the beach for the 4th of July again this year. We arrived late Thursday night and stayed with his dad. The next day, the guys went off to play golf and I headed to the spa for a much needed pedicure (thanks to the generosity of my Mother-in-Law). We ate his dad's famous fried shrimp for dinner and went for a walk on beach.


The next day David and I spent a couple of hours on the beach in the morning, then we all went into Beaufort for lunch and walked along the waterfront. We squeezed in one more hour on the beach that afternoon before heading over to a Fourth of July cookout with David's mom and Everett, and many other people at some friends of theirs house on the harbor. The food, company, and view was great! And I got some good pictures.











After dinner as it got darker, we went across the street to another couple's house for better views of the fireworks over the sound.
We were able to get a few good pictures. Here is one of the best! The next morning, Wimbledon was on , and the guys were engulfed in that ALL day, so that gave me more time to walk, swim and lay out on beach. I had a wonderful time, but realized that I hadn't put on enough sunscreen, and got pretty red in some places. We spent the rest of the afternoon with David's mom before heading home. It was a nice relaxing trip even though I was rather sore and uncomfortable for a few days after. It's strange though, now you can hardly tell I got too much sun a couple of weeks ago, so I've been going to the pool a couple of times here to try to keep some of the tan. Hopefully it's working :-) We have 1 more beach trip as well as a lake trip before the end of the summer, so maybe I can keep the tan....we'll see ;-)