A different week for the 4th of July, so far! This is the fourth day for Lee and me. One of Lee's sons and his two sons arrived yesterday evening, followed by Laura, her two-year-old son, and grandson, John, 14. Fortunately for them, the weather, although a bit cool for this time of the year, was perfect! The wind was a bit much for a late evening beach walk, so the boys, ages 14, 15, 12 and 2 were able to pass football in the street until dark. They seemed to enjoy the coolness of the evening while Lee, son Todd and granddaughter, Laura and I enjoyed their play from the vantage point of the front deck. Our hopes of good weather for today vanished with the early morning storm!
We anticipate the arrival of youngest son, Doug, wife Elizabeth and two boys, Alex (10), Max (7) sometime later today. The scheduled fireworks from the pier tonight doesn't sound very promising. It has been our custom to load all the grand kids, the chairs and sit on the beach and enjoy the fireworks during the week of the fourth of July. We are hoping the rain does not cancel that. Two places we prefer not to visit today will be Wal-mart and the Movie Theatre! That is where everyone goes when it rains on Oak Island! Guess the cards and games will have to be played.
Seated at my lap-top, I have a good view of the outdoors. The skies are overcast, it is windy, and there remains a coolnes(73 degrees) in the air. We are hoping for a break in this at least for a couple of hours today. Chase just showed me the weather report for the week showing rain each day, low temp of 73, but, with some sun on Saturday!
So, that is the forcast for the rest of the week ...................all the way up the Eastern Seaboard! Our challenge this week is to add some different memories to our beach trip. Perhaps we will be able to leave this vacation having learned more about each other's interests, activities at school, our grandchildren's ambitions beyond school, our children's home activities, their work, etc. Maybe, for the first time in many years we will actually spend more time communicating and have some good conversations with each other. Sometimes time at the beach, sand and fatigue from both parents and children do not leave time for quality conversing. At any rate, we will enjoy our time together, eat plenty of good food, gain a few extra pounds, and will leave with anticipation for the fourth of July week, 2014!
