Finally a beach day!

The last day of our holiday weekend was finally beautiful.

It was a beach day.

The kids got to wear their special bathing suits and be the hit of the beach!

In the morning, while Kristin and I were getting everything ready, the girls were prancing around the house in their matching bathing suits.

They were practicing some of their own poses developed by McKenna.

They also named themselves "The Chickmunks".

They also thought it was cute to name Sam "The Chick Magnet".

He doesn't think that is cute.

He hates it.

(So we won't mention it again.)

It took some heavy negotiating with Chickmunk management, (aka McKenna) for some photos.

Once she went to the others and disclosed my offer of ice cream, we had a deal.

But they were very specific with their terms.

I was under a time limit, limited to two locations, and they would get final word on poses.

It was a hard bargain but worth it!

(The photo above reminds me of the water skiing teams in the 50's and 60's!)

Parting shot of the Chickmunks.

McKenna, Beth, and Megan

JJ and Kristin

Sam and his "faux-hawk".

He preferred his time spent at the beach with some of the boys.

I didn't see him for most of the afternoon.

He was playing ball with the "big boys" and seemed to fit in just perfect.

But occasionally he would come back over and check on his subordinates and make sure they were digging the sand holes to his specifications. 

Beth thought it would be fun to flip Sam over.

What she wasn't counting on was Sam's payback plan!

Awww.... here's the one shot I got of all of them.

Brian and Joe were in a golf tournament in Thendara that day too.

And guess what?

They won!

They joined us on the beach later to "relax". 

:)

Thank you Johnstons, for helping us have another memorable 4th of July weekend.